Nanna
See also: nanna
English
Etymology 1
Of uncertain origin, possibly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *nanþ- (“brave,daring”); or from an (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse baby talk word for "mother".
Proper noun
Nanna
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Nanna
Synonyms
Anagrams
Danish
Proper noun
Nanna
- (Norse mythology) Nanna.
- a female given name, popular in the 1980s and the 1990s.
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse Nanna, from Proto-Germanic *nanþ- (“brave, daring”).
Proper noun
Nanna f
- a female given name
- (Norse mythology) Nanna
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Nanna: Nannuson
- daughter of Nanna: Nannudóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Nanna |
Accusative | Nannu |
Dative | Nannu |
Genitive | Nannu |
Norwegian
Etymology
From Old Norse Nanna, from Proto-Germanic *nanþ- (“brave, daring”).
Proper noun
Nanna
- (Norse mythology) Nanna.
- a female given name, rather rare.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse Nanna, from Proto-Germanic *nanþ- (“brave, daring”).
Proper noun
Nanna c (genitive Nannas)
- (Norse mythology) Nanna.
- a female given name.
Anagrams
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Norse mythology
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Norse mythology
- Danish given names
- Danish female given names
- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese female given names
- fo:Norse mythology
- Norwegian terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- no:Norse mythology
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian female given names
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Norse mythology
- Swedish given names
- Swedish female given names