Nina is a feminine given name with various origins and alternate spellings accordingly. Nina may also serve as a short form of names ending in "-nina/-ina", such as Clementina, Christina, or Giannina. It serves as a diminutive of the variation of nevertheless original form of Hebrew name, “Johannah”, or “Joanina”.
Gender | Feminine |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Various |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Nína, Niná, Nena |
Related names | Johanna (given name), Joanina (given name) |
Nína is an Icelandic name,[1] while Niná is a Sami name.[2] It also has a relation to the Spanish word "niña", which translates as "little girl" and has several meanings in various Native American languages, such as "strong".[3]
Given name
edit- Nina Chanel Abney (born 1982), American artist
- Nina Afanasyeva (born 1939), Russian-Sami politician and language activist
- Nina Agapova (1926–2021), Russian actress
- Nina Agdal (born 1992), Danish model
- Nina Alisova (1915–1996), Russian actress
- Nina Allan (born 1966), British writer
- Nina E. Allender (1873–1957), American cartoonist and activist
- Nina Alovert (born 1935), Russian photographer
- Nina Amir (born 1999), Israeli sports sailor
- Nina Ananiashvili (born 1963), Georgian ballerina
- Nina Nymark Andersen (born 1972), Norwegian footballer
- Nina Andreyeva (1938–2020), Soviet Communist Party official
- Nina Anisimova (dancer) (1909–1979), Russian dancer and choreographer
- Nina Anisimova (triathlete) (born 1973), Russian athlete
- Nina Ansaroff (born 1985), American mixed martial artist
- Nina Antonia (born 1960), British author
- Nina Arianda (born 1984), American actress
- Nina Arsenault (born 1974), Canadian performance artist and freelance writer
- Nina Arvesen (born 1961), American actress
- Nina Åström (born 1962), Finnish singer
- Nina Auerbach (1943–2017), American professor
- Nina Averina (born 1935), Russian journalist, local historian and poet
- Nina Axelrod (born 1955), American actress
- Nina Baden-Semper (born 1945), British actress
- Nina Badrić (born 1972), Croatian singer
- Nina Bang (1866–1928), Danish politician
- Nina Bari (1901–1961), Russian mathematician
- Nina Barr Wheeler (1909–1978), American artist
- Nina Bates (born 1985), Bosnian figure skater
- Nina Bawden (1925–2012), British author
- Nina Bendigkeit, German singer
- Nina Berberova (1901–1993), Russian author
- Nina Berman (born 1960), American photographer
- Nina Betschart (born 1995), Swiss volleyball player
- Nina Bjedov (born 1971), Serbian basketball player
- Nina Björk (born 1967), Swedish author
- Nina Blackwood (born 1955), American disc jockey
- Nina Bocharova (1924–2020), Ukrainian gymnast
- Nina Bohm (born 1958), Swedish tennis player
- Nina Gomer Du Bois (1870–1950), American civil rights activist
- Nina Yang Bongiovi, American film producer
- Nina Bonner (born 1972), Australian field hockey player
- Nina Bott (born 1978), German actress
- Nina Bracewell-Smith (born 1955), British aristocrat
- Nina Bratchikova (born 1985), Russian tennis player
- Nina Starr Braunwald (1928–1992), American surgeon
- Nina Brosh (born 1975), Israeli model
- Nina Bunjevac (born 1973), Serbian Canadian cartoonist
- Nina Burger (born 1987), Austrian footballer
- Nina Burleigh (born c. 1959 or 1960), American journalist
- Nina Buysman (born 1997), Dutch cyclist
- Nina Byers (1930–2014), American physicist
- Nina Byron (1900–1987), American silent film actress
- Nina Carberry (born 1984), Irish jockey
- Nina Carroll (1932–1990), British painter
- Nina Cheremisina (born 1946), Russian former rower
- Nina Clifford (1851–1929), Canadian-American madam
- Nina Companeez (1937–2015), French screenwriter and film director
- Nina Conti (born 1973), British actress
- Nina Coltart (1927–1997), British psychoanalyst
- Nina Coolman (born 1991), Belgian volleyball player
- Nina Crone (1934–2007), Australian gardening writer, broadcaster, teacher and school principal
- Nina Curtis (born 1988), Australian sailor
- Nina Daniels (born 1982), New Zealand synchronised swimmer
- Nina Davies (cyclist) (born 1974), Welsh cyclist
- Nina Davuluri (born 1989), American public speaker and Miss America 2014
- Nina Derwael (born 2000), Belgian gymnast
- Nina de Vries (born 1961), Dutch sex worker
- Nina Dittrich (born 1990), Austrian swimmer
- Nina Doroh (fl. 1970s), Belarusian sprint canoer
- Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton (1878–1951), British noblewoman
- Nina Dübbers (born 1980), German tennis player
- Nina Dudnik, American founder and former CEO of Seeding Labs
- Nina Dumbadze (1919–1983), Georgian-Ukrainian discus thrower
- Nina Đurđević (born 1991), Slovene model and Miss Universe Slovenia 2013
- Nina Easton (born 1958), American journalist
- Nina Ehrnrooth (born 1962), Finnish alpine skier
- Nina Elias-Bamberger (1954–2002), American television producer
- Nina Etkin (1948–2009), American anthropologist and botanist
- Nina Fedoroff (born 1942), American molecular biologist
- Nina Fellman (born 1964), Ålandic politician
- Nina Foch (1924–2008), Dutch-American actress
- Nina Frolova (born 1948), Soviet rowing cox
- Nina Fyodorova (1947–2019), Soviet skier
- Nina Gäßler (born 1975), German mountain biker and rower
- Nina Garsoïan (1923–2022), American historian
- Nina Gavrylyuk (born 1965), Russian cross-country skier
- Nina Genke-Meller (1893–1954), Russian artist
- Princess Nina of Greece and Denmark (born 1987), Swiss businesswoman
- Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia (1901–1974), Russian Princess
- Nina Gerber, American guitarist
- Nina Gerhard (born 1974), German Eurodance singer
- Nina Gershon (born 1940), American judge
- Nina Girado (full name Marifil Nina Barinos Girado-Enriquez, born 1980), Filipina singer
- Nina Godiwalla (born 1975), American author and businesswoman
- Nina Gold, British casting director
- Nina Gopova (born 1953), Russian canoer
- Nina Gordon (born 1967), American rock singer
- Nina Grebeshkova (born 1930), Russian actress
- Nina Grewal (born 1958), Canadian politician
- Nina Grieg, née Hagerup (1845–1935), Norwegian lyric soprano
- Nina Gruzintseva (1934–2021), Russian canoer
- Nina Hamnett (1890–1956), British artist
- Nina Harmer (married name Nina Thompson, born 1945), American swimmer
- Nina Hasselmann (born 1986), German field hockey player
- Nina Haver-Løseth (born 1989), Norwegian alpine skier
- Nina Kiriki Hoffman (born 1955), American novelist
- Nina Holmén (born 1951), Finnish long-distance athlete
- Nina Hoss (born 1975), German actress
- Nina Hossain (born 1973), British journalist
- Nina Humphreys, British composer
- Nina Hunt (1932–1995), Manx choreographer
- Nina Ivanišin (born 1985), Slovenian actress
- Nina Jablonski (born 1953), American anthropologist and palaeobiologist
- Nina Jacobson (born 1965), American film executive
- Nina Moore Jamieson (1885–1932), Canadian writer
- Nina Jeriček (born 1984), Slovenian handballer
- Nina Johnsen, Norwegian cyclist
- Nina Kamenik (born 1985), German ice hockey player
- Nina Kasniunas (born 1972), American political scientist and writer
- Nina Katchadourian (born 1968), American artist
- Nina Kemppel (born 1970), American cross-country skier
- Nina Kessler (born 1988), Dutch cyclist
- Nina Khachaturyan (1931–2020), Russian historian
- Nina Khadzhiyankova (born 1963), Bulgarian basketball player
- Nina Kinert (born 1983), Swedish musician
- Nina Klenovska (born 1980), Bulgarian biathlete
- Nina Kolarič (born 1986), Slovenian athlete
- Nina Kolundžić (born 1990), Serbian handball player
- Nina Koshetz (1891–1965), Ukrainian opera singer
- Nina Kostroff Noble (born 1959), American television producer
- Nina Kotova (born 1969), Russian cellist
- Nina Kpaho (born 1996), Ivorian footballer
- Nina Kraft (born 1968), German triathlete
- Nina Kraljić (born 1992), Croatian singer-songwriter
- Nina Kraus, American neuroscientist
- Nina Kraviz (born 1989), Russian DJ
- Nina Kulagina (1926–1990), Russian psychokineticist
- Nina Kuscsik (born 1939), American long-distance athlete
- Nina Lagergren (1921–2019), Swedish businesswoman and half-sister of Raoul Wallenberg
- Nina Lawson (1926–2008), Scottish wig maker
- Nina Laden (born 1962), American author and commercial illustrator of children's books
- Nina Frances Layard (1853–1935), English poet, prehistorian, archaeologist and antiquary
- Nina Lemesh (born 1973), Ukrainian biathlete
- Nina Li Chi (born 1961), Hong Kong actress
- Nina Ligon (born 1991), Thai equestrian
- Nina Lobkovskaya (born 1925), Russian sniper
- Nina Lobova (born 1957), Ukrainian handball athlete
- Nina Lola Bachhuber (born 1971), German artist
- Nina Lussi (born 1994), American ski jumper
- Nina Makarova (1908–1976), Russian composer
- Nina Makino (born 2005), American-Japanese idol singer and former child actress, member of the group NiziU
- Nina Manucharyan (1885–1972), Armenian film actress
- Nina Marković, Croatian physicist and professor
- Nina Matsumoto (born 1984), Japanese-Canadian cartoonist
- Nina Matviyenko (1947–2023), Ukrainian singer
- Nina McClelland (1930–2020), American chemist
- Nina Mae McKinney (1912–1967), American actress
- Nina Menkes (born 1955), American filmmaker
- Nina Meurisse, French actress
- Nina Milliken, American politician
- Nina Miranda (born 1970), Brazilian singer
- Nina Morić (born 1976), Croatian fashion model
- Nina Morgunova (born 1951), Russian middle-distance athlete
- Nina Morozova (born 1989), Russian sprint hurdle athlete
- Nina Morrison (born 2000), Australian Australian rules footballer
- Nina Mozer (born 1964), Russian ice-skating coach
- Nina Müller (born 1980), German handball player
- Nina Muradyan (born 1954), Armenian volleyball player
- Nina Myskow (born 1946), Scottish journalist
- Nina Nadira (born 1992), Malaysian singer and actress
- Nina Nannar, British Asian journalist
- Nina Nastasia (born 1966), American singer-songwriter
- Nina Nesbitt (born 1994), Scottish singer and songwriter
- Nina Norshie (born 2001), Ghanaian footballer
- Nina Kamto Njitam (born 1983), Cameroonian handball player
- Nina Olivette (1907–1971), American actress and dancer
- Nina Otkalenko (1928–2015), Russian middle-distance athlete
- Nina Paley (born 1968), American cartoonist and animator
- Nina Paw (born 1949), Hong Kong actress
- Nina Pekerman (born 1977), Israeli triathlete
- Nina Persson (born 1974), Swedish singer
- Nina Petković (born 1981), Montenegrin singer and television personality
- Nina Petrova (1893–1945), Russian sniper
- Nina Petushkova (born 1992), Russian figure skater
- Nina Ponomaryova (1929–2016), Russian discus athlete
- Nina Potočnik (born 1997), Slovenian tennis player
- Nina Preobrazhenskaya (born 1956), Ukrainian rower
- Nina Proll (born 1974), Austrian actress
- Nina Proskura (born 1974), Ukrainian rower
- Nina Wilcox Putnam (1888–1962), American writer
- Nina Quartero (1908–1985), American actress
- Nina Raine, English theatre director and playwright
- Nina Rangelova (born 1999), Bulgarian swimmer
- Nina Raspopova (1913–2009), Russian pilot
- Nina Reithmayer (born 1984), Austrian luger
- Nina Repeta (born 1967), American actress
- Nina Revoyr (born 1969), American novelist
- Nina Ricci (1883–1970), French-Italian fashion designer
- Nina Rillstone (born 1975), New Zealand long-distance athlete
- Nina Robertson (born 1996), Australian beauty queen
- Nina Rocheva (1948–2022), Russian cross-country skier
- Nina Rønsted, Danish botanist
- Nina Rosenwald, American political activist and philanthropist
- Nina Rosić (born 1990), Serbian volleyball player
- Nina Roth (born 1988), American curler
- Nina Ruslanova (1945–2021), Russian actress
- Nina Saeedyokota (born 1994), Japanese gymnast
- Nina Sandberg (born 1967), Norwegian politician
- Nina Seničar (born 1985), Serbian actress and model
- Nina Sevening (1885–1958), English stage actress
- Nina Shatskaya (born 1966), Russian singer and actress
- Nina Siciliana, Italian poet
- Nina Simone (1933–2003), American singer, composer and civil rights activist
- Nina Simonovich-Efimova (1877–1948), Russian artist and puppeteers
- Nina Smoleyeva (born 1948), Russian volleyball player
- Nina Snaith, British mathematician
- Nina Søby (born 1956), Norwegian cyclist
- Nina Solheim (born 1979), Norwegian taekwondo practitioner
- Nina Sosanya (born 1969), English actress
- Nina Sosnina (1923–1943), Ukrainian resistance fighter
- Nina Statkevich (born 1944), Russian speed skater
- Nina Stemme (born 1963), Swedish singer
- Nina Stojanović (born 1996), Serbian tennis player
- Nina Auchincloss Straight (born 1937), American author and journalist
- Nina Tangri, (fl. 2018–present) Canadian politician
- Nina Tassler (fl. 2004–2015), American television executive
- Nina Taylor, Australian politician
- Nina Tenge, German rapper
- Nina Teicholz, American journalist
- Nina Temple (born 1956), British politician
- Nina Tikkinen (born 1987), Finnish ice hockey player
- Nina Totenberg (born 1944), American journalist
- Nina Toussaint-White (born 1985), English actress
- Nina Turner, (born 1967), American politician
- Nina Ulanova (born 1978), Russian ice skater
- Nina Ulyanenko (1923–2005), Russian navigator and pilot
- Nina Umanets (born 1956), Ukrainian rower
- Nina Usatova (born 1951), Russian actress
- Nina van Pallandt (born 1932), Danish singer (of Nina & Frederik) and actress
- Nina Vance (1914–1980), American entrepreneur
- Nina Vanna, stage name of Nina Yazykova Kind Hakim Provatoroff (1899–1953), Belarusian actress
- Nina Veselova (1922–1960), Russian painter
- Nina Violić (born 1972), Croatian actress
- Nina Vislova (born 1986), Russian badminton player
- Nina Wadia (born 1968), British actress
- Nina Wang, (born Kung Yu Sum, 1937–2007), Chinese billionaire
- Nina Wayne (born 1943), American actress
- Nina Weckström (born 1979), Finnish badminton player
- Nina Woodford (born 1971), Swedish songwriter
- Nina Young (born 1966), Australian actress
- Nina Žabjek (born 1998), Slovenian handball player
- Nina Zagat, of Tim and Nina Zagat, American entrepreneur and publisher
- Nina Zander (born 1990), German tennis player
- Nina Zhivanevskaya (born 1977), Russian swimmer
- Nina Zhuk (born 1934), Russian pair skater
- Nina Zulić (born 1995), Slovenian handball player
- Nina Zyuskova (born 1952), Ukrainian middle-distance athlete
Nickname
edit- Mizz Nina, professional name of Shazrina binti Azman (born 1980), Malaysian fashion designer
- Nina (Spanish singer) (born 1932), professional name of Anna Maria Agustí Flores (born 1966), Spanish actress and singer
- Nina, former ring name of Lisa Mary Moretti, who has also been known as Ivory (wrestler), Tina Ferrari and Tina Moretti (born 1961), American professional wrestler
- Nina Barka (born Marie Smirsky, 1908–1986), French-Ukrainian artist
- Nina Bo'nina Brown, stage name of Pierre Leverne Dease (born 1982), American drag performer
- Nina Bonaparte, pen name of Éléonore-Justine Ruflin (1832–1905), French writer and wife of Prince Pierre-Napoléon Bonaparte
- Nina Bouraoui, nickname of Yasmina Bouraoui (born 1967), French author
- Nina Boyle, nickname of Constance Antonina Boyle (1865–1943), British journalist
- Nina Campbell, nickname of Henrietta Sylvia Campbell (born 1945), English interior designer
- Nina Carter, (born Penelope Jane Mallett, 1952), English model and singer
- Nina Cassian, pen name of Renée Annie Cassian-Mătăsaru (1924–2014), Romanian poet, translator, journalist and composer
- Nina M. Davies, published under the co-pen name N. de Garis Davies (1881–1965), Scottish egyptologist
- Nina Dobrev, professional name of Nikolina Kamenova Dobreva (born 1989), Bulgarian actress raised in Canada
- Nina Fedorova, pen name of Antonina Riasanovsky, (1895–1985), Russian author
- Nina Flowers, stage name of Jorge Luis Flores Sanchez (born 1974), Puerto Rican drag queen and celebrity
- Nina García, nickname of Ninotchka García (born 1965), Colombian fashion journalist and critic
- Nina Hagen, nickname of Catharina Hagen (born 1955), German singer
- Nina Hartley, stage name of Marie Louise Hartman (born 1959), American pornographic actress
- Nina Las Vegas, stage name of Nina Elizabeth Agzarian (born 1984), Australian radio host, DJ and music producer
- Nina Liedtke, nickname of Antonina Liedtke, Polish writer and editor
- Nina Morato (born Stéphanie Morato, 1966), French singer-songwriter
- Nina Radojičić, nickname of Danica Prodanović (born 1989), Serbian singer
- Nina Pacari (born María Estela Vega Conejo, 1961), Kichwa/Ecuadorian indigenous leader
- Nina Pillard, nickname of Cornelia Thayer Livingston Pillard (born 1961), American Judge
- Nina Ramirez, nickname of Janina Sara Maria Ramirez (born 1980), British historian and TV presenter
- Nina Rasul, nickname of Santanina Tillah Rasul (born Santanina Centi Tillah, 1930), Filipina politician
- Nina Ricci (designer) (born Maria Nielli; 1883–1970), Italian fashion designer
- Nina Salaman, nickname of Paulina Ruth Salaman (1877–1925), British poet and translator
- Nina Sicilia, nickname of Alejandrina Sicilia Hernández (born 1962), Venezuelan model and Miss International 1985
- Nina Siemaszko, nickname of Antonina Jadwiga Siemaszko (born 1970), American actress
- Nina Simone, professional name of Eunice Kathleen Waymon (1933–2003), American singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights activist
- Nina Sublatti (born Nina Sulaberidze, 1995), Georgian singer, songwriter, calligrapher and model
- Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (1913–2006), nickname of Elisabeth Magdalena Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, wife of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler
- Nína Tryggvadóttir, nickname of Jónína Tryggvadóttir (1913–1968), Icelandic artist
- Nina Tayeb, nickname of Ninet Tayeb (born 1983), Israeli entertainer
- Nina West, stage name of Andrew Levitt (born 1977), American drag queen, actor and singer
- Nina Zilli, stage name of Maria Chiara Fraschetta (born 1980), Italian singer-songwriter.
Fictional characters
edit- Nina from You Were Never Really Here, film by Lynne Ramsay
- Nina, the main character of Nina Needs to Go!
- Nina, the title character of Nina's World
- Nina the Killer, a character from the creepypasta of the same name
- Nina, a character in the Disney Junior television series Imagination Movers
- Nina, a Costa Rican Wild Kratts Kids girl from the hybrid/live action series Wild Kratts
- Nina Ash, from the American television series Angel
- Nina Azarova, from the American webseries, The OA
- Nina Bailey, from Home and Away
- Nina Brown, from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Nina Bulsara, from Doctors
- Nina Caliente, from the life simulation video games The Sims 2, The Sims 3 and The Sims 4.
- Nina Callas, from The Clique series of books
- Nina Campbell, from the American sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Nina Cortex, from the Crash Bandicoot series of games
- Nina Cortlandt, from the soap opera All My Children
- Nina Del Marco, a character in the Netflix series Grand Army
- Nina Einstein, from the anime Code Geass
- Nina Flores, from Clifford's Puppy Days
- Nina Fortner, from Naoki Urasawa's anime Monster
- Nina Frost, from the book Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
- Nina Gilbert, from Home and Away
- Nina Gupta, from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Nina Harper, from the animated series Braceface
- Nina Harris, from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Nina Iseri, the main character of Girls Band Cry
- Nina Jarvis, from the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400
- Nina Lucas, from the ITV soap opera Coronation Street
- Nina Mandal, from Coronation Street
- Nina Martin, a character from House of Anubis
- Nina Mauricius–Sanders, a character from Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden
- Nina Myers, a terrorism analyst in the TV series 24
- Nina Natsume, from the Urara Meirocho
- Nina Neckerly, a giraffe from Camp Lazlo
- Nina Olivera, from Home and Away
- Nina Pickering, werewolf from the TV series Being Human
- Nina Price, also known as Vampire by Night, a Marvel Comics character
- Nina Purpleton, female lead character in Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
- Nina Reeves, from General Hospital
- Nina Rosario, from Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical In The Heights
- Nina Sakura, from Ultra Maniac
- Nina Salazar-Roberts, a main character in the Disney+ TV series, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
- Nina Sayers, from the 2010 film Black Swan
- Nina Sergeevna Krilova, former KGB officer in The Americans
- Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya, from Anton Chekhov's play The Seagull
- Nina Sharp, from Fringe
- Nina Skalka, from the American animated sitcom The Simpsons
- Nina Swanson, from the anime series Glitter Force (originally named Yui Midorikawa)
- Nina Thumbell, the daughter of Thumbelina from the Mattel franchise Ever After High
- Nina Tucker, from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Nina Tucker, from the anime Fullmetal Alchemist
- Nina Van Horn, from American TV show, Just Shoot Me!
- Nina van Rooyen, from the book Fiela's Child by Dalene Matthee
- Nina Vorhees, nickname of Nitia Vorhees, from The Passage
- Nina Walsh, from Smart_Guy
- Nina Wáng, from the anime Mai Otome
- Nina Webster, from the soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Nina Williams, a fictional assassin from the Tekken series of games
- Nina Williams, alternate name of Nene Williams, from Neighbours
- Nina Windia, from the Breath of Fire series of games
- Nina Yamada, from Mamotte! Lollipop
- Nina Zenik, a character in the Six of Crows duology
Surname
edit- Joe Nina, stage name of Makhosini Henry Xaba, (born 1974), South African singer
- Julián Apasa Nina, birthname of Túpac Katari (c. 1750–1781), Bolivian rebel
- Lorenzo Nina (1812–1885), Italian prelate
- Ur-Nina (fl. c. 2550 BC–2500 BC), Iraqi king
See also
edit- All pages with titles beginning with Nina
- All pages with titles containing Nina
- Nina (disambiguation)
- Nana (surname)
- Nena (name)
- Nia (given name)
- Nika (given name)
- Nima (name)
- Nin (surname)
- Nina (disambiguation)
- Niña (name)
- Nine (disambiguation)
- Nino (name)
- Niño (name)
- Ning (surname)
- Ninja (disambiguation)
- Nipa (disambiguation)
- Nita (given name)
- Niwa (disambiguation)
- Nuna (disambiguation)
- Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, British royal known as Cecilia Nina Bowes-Lyon
- Saint Nino (anglicized to Nina), an Eastern-orthodox saint
- Nina Never Knew, song