Given name · Belarusian · Ukrainian
Ніна
“a little girl”·“a fiery woman”
Ніна (Nína) is a feminine given name. It is used in Ukrainian and Belarusian.
Belarusian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Nina.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ніна 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
Ніна’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Ніна has a diminutive in Ніну́ся. In Ukrainian usage, Ніна has a conventional equivalent in the English form Nina. In Belarusian usage, Ніна has a transliteration in Nina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ніна has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ніна
- Nina MatviienkoSoviet and Ukrainian singer (1947–2023)
- Nina BocharovaUkrainian Soviet gymnast (1924-2020)
- Nina ZyuskovaSoviet athleteborn 1952
- Nina Kukharchuk-Khrushchevawife of Nikita Khrushchev (1900–1984)
- Nina KoshetzRussian American opera singer1891–1965
- Nina LemeshUkrainian biathlete (born 1973)
- Nina LobovaSoviet handball playerborn 1957
- Nina BichuyaUkrainian writer and journalistborn 1937
- Nina AntonovaSoviet and Ukrainian film actressborn 1935
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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