Nina

See also: nina, NINA, Nína, niña, ñina, Ņina, and -nina

English

Etymology

Borrowed into English in the nineteenth century, apparently from several sources. Many borrowings are of Russian Ни́на (Nína), the name of a Georgian fourth century saint, also known as Nino, of obscure origin and meaning, possibly connected with the Assyrian king Ninus. Others are of an Italian short form of diminutives like Annina from Anna and Giovannina from Giovanna.

Phonologically or orthographically similar names are present in several languages, including Afrikaans, Hindi, Italian, Persian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and some Native American languages. In many of those, it is a nickname for names ending in -ina or -nina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈniːnə/
  • Rhymes: -iːnə

Proper noun

Nina

  1. A female given name. in continuous use since the 19th century.
    • 1990 Sue Miller, Family Pictures, Harper & Row, →ISBN, pages 5, 25:
      The first three, Macklin, Lydia, and Randall, were the special ones. Even those names, we thought, showed greater imagination, greater involvement on our parents' part, than ours did: Nina, Mary, Sarah. Clearly by that time they had run out of gas.
      "Nina. Such a pretty, old-fashioned name. I hope you don't mind my saying that." "No; I'm glad you think so."
  2. The Babylonian goddess of the watery deep, daughter of Ea.

Translations

Anagrams

Czech

Proper noun

Nina f

  1. A female given name., cognate to English Nina.

Danish

Proper noun

Nina c

  1. A female given name. popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.

Faroese

Proper noun

Nina f

  1. A female given name.

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Nina: Ninuson
  • daughter of Nina: Ninudóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Nina
Accusative Ninu
Dative Ninu
Genitive Ninu

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Russian Ни́на (Nína).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈninɑ/
  • (when perceived as a Swedish spelling) IPA(key): /ˈniːnɑ/
  • Hyphenation: Ni‧na

Proper noun

Nina

  1. A female given name. popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.

Declension

Inflection of Nina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Nina Ninat
genitive Ninan Ninojen
partitive Ninaa Ninoja
illative Ninaan Ninoihin
singular plural
nominative Nina Ninat
accusative nom. Nina Ninat
gen. Ninan
genitive Ninan Ninojen
Ninainrare
partitive Ninaa Ninoja
inessive Ninassa Ninoissa
elative Ninasta Ninoista
illative Ninaan Ninoihin
adessive Ninalla Ninoilla
ablative Ninalta Ninoilta
allative Ninalle Ninoille
essive Ninana Ninoina
translative Ninaksi Ninoiksi
instructive — Ninoin
abessive Ninatta Ninoitta
comitative — Ninoineen

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Associated with Ninette and Ninon, French pet forms of Jeannine, Jeanne.

Proper noun

Nina

  1. A female given name..

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈniːna]
  • Audio (Austria)(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ni‧na

Proper noun

Nina

  1. A female given name. popular since the 1980s.

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. From Russian Ни́на (Nína).

Proper noun

Nina f

  1. A female given name..
  2. A transliteration of Russian female given name Ни́на (Nína).

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • Population Register of Latvia: Nina was the only given name of 969 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

Norwegian

Etymology

From Russian Ни́на (Nína), and from given names ending in -nina/-nine.

Proper noun

Nina

  1. A female given name. popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.

References

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 17 778 females with the given name Nina living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ни́на (Nína), from Georgian ნინო (nino).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nina f

  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Nina.

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɲina/

Proper noun

Nina f (genitive Niny, nominative plural Niny) declension pattern žena

  1. A female given name..

Declension

Further reading

  • Nina in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Swedish

Proper noun

Nina c (genitive Ninas)

  1. A female given name. popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.
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