Nina
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Borrowed into English in the nineteenth century, mostly from Russian Нина: a full formal name of a Georgian fourth century saint, also known as Nino, of obscure origin and meaning, possibly connected with the Assyrian king Ninus; and from Italian: a short form of diminutives like Annina from Anna and Giovannina from Giovanna.
- The name Nina is present in several languages, including Afrikaans, Hindi, Italian, Persian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and some Native American languages. It is often used as a nickname for names ending in -ina or -nina.
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Nina
- A female given name in continuous use since the 19th century.
- 1990 Sue Miller, Family Pictures, Harper & Row, ISBN 0060163976, 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."
- 1990 Sue Miller, Family Pictures, Harper & Row, ISBN 0060163976, pages 5, 25:
- The Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
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female given name
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[edit] Czech
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Nina f.
- A female given name, cognate to English Nina.
[edit] Danish
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Nina
- A female given name popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.
[edit] Finnish
[edit] Etymology
From Russian Нина (Nína).
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Nina
- A female given name popular in the 1970s and the 1980s. Variant: Niina.
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Declension of Nina (type kala)
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[edit] French
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Associated with Ninette and Ninon, French pet forms of Jeannine, Jeanne.
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Nina
- A female given name.
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[edit] German
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Nina
- A female given name popular since the 1980s.
[edit] Latvian
[edit] Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. From Russian Нина.
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Nina f.
- A female given name.
- A transliteration of Russian female given name Нина.
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[edit] References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Nina was the only given name of 969 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.
[edit] Norwegian
[edit] Etymology
From Russian Нина, and from given names ending in -nina/-nine.
[edit] Proper noun
Nina
- A female given name popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.
[edit] References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
- [2] 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.
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Proper noun
Nina
- A female given name popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.
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- English terms derived from Russian
- English terms derived from Italian
- English proper nouns
- English female given names from Slavonic
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech female given names
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish female given names
- Finnish terms derived from Russian
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- French proper nouns
- French female given names
- German proper nouns
- German female given names
- Latvian terms derived from Russian
- Latvian proper nouns
- Latvian female given names
- lv:Russian female given names
- Norwegian terms derived from Russian
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian female given names
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish female given names