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Нина

“a little girl”·“a fiery woman”

Нина (Nína) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian and Macedonian.

Bulgarian and Macedonian and Russian and SerbianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Nina.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Нина is Nina written in Cyrillic. Interpretations include “a little girl” and “a fiery woman”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Нина comes from Ancient Greek.

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How it developed

Possibly from Georgian Нино.

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Нина’s family of names

In English usage, Нина has a diminutive in Ninoshka. In Russian usage, Нина has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Nina. In Macedonian usage, Нина can be written in the Roman alphabet as Nina.

Walk Нина’s family in the name graph

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Нина has relatives in 12 languages.

14 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 4

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 11

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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People named Нина

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