Given name & surname
Miina
Miina is a feminine given name from German. It is used in Finnish and Estonian.
Original GermanWilhelmina
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Estonian usage, Miina developed from Wilhelmina.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Miina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Miina’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Miina developed from the German form Wilhelmina. In Finnish usage, Miina is a shortened form of VILHELMIINA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Miina
- Miina HärmaEstonian composer (1864-1941)
- Miina SillanpääFinnish politician, editor (1866-1952)
- Miina TominagaJapanese actress, voice actress and singerborn 1966
- Miina ÄkkijyrkkäFinnish artist, sculptor (born 1949)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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