Given name & surname

Unna

“little thing”

Unna is a feminine given name from Danish, meaning “little thing.” It is used in German, Finnish, and Faroese.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Unna means “little thing.”

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Where it comes from

Unna comes from Danish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Finnish usage, Unna developed from Unn.

Unna’s family of names

In Finnish usage, Unna developed from the Danish form Unn. Unna has a related form in Una.

Walk Unna’s family in the name graph

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

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Nicknames & forms 1

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

Across languages 2

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

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No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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