Nina

Etymology
Borrowed into English in the nineteenth century, mostly from 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 : 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.

Proper noun

 * 1)  in continuous use since the 19th century.
 * 2) * 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."
 * 1) The Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:


 * Latvian: Ņina
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian: (Nína)
 * Swedish:

Anagrams

 * Inna

Proper noun

 * , cognate to English Nina.

Proper noun

 * 1)  popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.

Etymology
From Нина:.

Proper noun

 * 1)  popular in the 1970s and the 1980s. Variant: Niina.

Anagrams

 * Anni, nain

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

Anagrams

 * nain

Proper noun

 * 1)  popular since the 1980s.

Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. From Нина:.

Proper noun

 * 1) A transliteration of Russian female given name Нина:.
 * 1) A transliteration of Russian female given name Нина:.

Related terms

 * Ņina

Etymology
From Нина:, and from given names ending in -nina/-nine.

Proper noun

 * 1)  popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.

Proper noun

 * 1)  popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.

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