Nina

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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

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

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nina f

  1. a female given name, equivalent 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

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Nina
Accusative Ninu
Dative Ninu
Genitive Ninu

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Russian Ни́на (Nína).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈninɑ/, [ˈninɑ̝]
  • (when perceived as a Swedish spelling) IPA(key): /ˈniːnɑ/, [ˈniːnɑ̝]
  • 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
Ninain rare
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
abessive Ninatta Ninoitta
instructive — Ninoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Nina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Ninani Ninani
accusative nom. Ninani Ninani
gen. Ninani
genitive Ninani Ninojeni
Ninaini rare
partitive Ninaani Ninojani
inessive Ninassani Ninoissani
elative Ninastani Ninoistani
illative Ninaani Ninoihini
adessive Ninallani Ninoillani
ablative Ninaltani Ninoiltani
allative Ninalleni Ninoilleni
essive Ninanani Ninoinani
translative Ninakseni Ninoikseni
abessive Ninattani Ninoittani
instructive — —
comitative — Ninoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Ninasi Ninasi
accusative nom. Ninasi Ninasi
gen. Ninasi
genitive Ninasi Ninojesi
Ninaisi rare
partitive Ninaasi Ninojasi
inessive Ninassasi Ninoissasi
elative Ninastasi Ninoistasi
illative Ninaasi Ninoihisi
adessive Ninallasi Ninoillasi
ablative Ninaltasi Ninoiltasi
allative Ninallesi Ninoillesi
essive Ninanasi Ninoinasi
translative Ninaksesi Ninoiksesi
abessive Ninattasi Ninoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — Ninoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Ninamme Ninamme
accusative nom. Ninamme Ninamme
gen. Ninamme
genitive Ninamme Ninojemme
Ninaimme rare
partitive Ninaamme Ninojamme
inessive Ninassamme Ninoissamme
elative Ninastamme Ninoistamme
illative Ninaamme Ninoihimme
adessive Ninallamme Ninoillamme
ablative Ninaltamme Ninoiltamme
allative Ninallemme Ninoillemme
essive Ninanamme Ninoinamme
translative Ninaksemme Ninoiksemme
abessive Ninattamme Ninoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — Ninoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Ninanne Ninanne
accusative nom. Ninanne Ninanne
gen. Ninanne
genitive Ninanne Ninojenne
Ninainne rare
partitive Ninaanne Ninojanne
inessive Ninassanne Ninoissanne
elative Ninastanne Ninoistanne
illative Ninaanne Ninoihinne
adessive Ninallanne Ninoillanne
ablative Ninaltanne Ninoiltanne
allative Ninallenne Ninoillenne
essive Ninananne Ninoinanne
translative Ninaksenne Ninoiksenne
abessive Ninattanne Ninoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — Ninoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Ninansa Ninansa
accusative nom. Ninansa Ninansa
gen. Ninansa
genitive Ninansa Ninojensa
Ninainsa rare
partitive Ninaansa Ninojaan
Ninojansa
inessive Ninassaan
Ninassansa 		Ninoissaan
Ninoissansa
elative Ninastaan
Ninastansa 		Ninoistaan
Ninoistansa
illative Ninaansa Ninoihinsa
adessive Ninallaan
Ninallansa 		Ninoillaan
Ninoillansa
ablative Ninaltaan
Ninaltansa 		Ninoiltaan
Ninoiltansa
allative Ninalleen
Ninallensa 		Ninoilleen
Ninoillensa
essive Ninanaan
Ninanansa 		Ninoinaan
Ninoinansa
translative Ninakseen
Ninaksensa 		Ninoikseen
Ninoiksensa
abessive Ninattaan
Ninattansa 		Ninoittaan
Ninoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — Ninoineen
Ninoinensa

Anagrams

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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
  • [1] 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
  • [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.

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Nina f

  1. a female given name from Russian, equivalent to English Nina

Slovak

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

  1. a female given name.

Declension

Declension of Nina
singular plural
nominative Nina Niny
genitive Niny Nín
dative Nine Ninám
accusative Ninu Niny
locative Nine Ninách
instrumental Ninou Ninami

Further reading

  • “Nina”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

Proper noun

Nina c (genitive Ninas)

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

Anagrams

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