Given name

Niina

Niina is a feminine given name from Russian. It is used in Finnish and Estonian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Niina comes from Russian.

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How it developed

From Russian Ни́на.

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Niina’s family of names

In Finnish usage, Niina is a diminutive of ANU. In Finnish usage, Niina has a related form in Nina. In Finnish usage, Niina has a conventional equivalent in the English form Nina.

Walk Niina’s family in the name graph

Niina新名NinaAnuAnniinaNinjaНина

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

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Niina has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.

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4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 3

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

Spellings & scripts 1

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

Across languages 2

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

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Niina’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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