Nina as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Nina

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The baby name Nina is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced English: NEE-nuh (/ˈniːnə/),Spanish: NEE-nah (/ˈnina/).

Nina is Quechua, Russian, Slavic, Spanish in Origin.

Gender: Female

Syllables: 2.0

Origin: Quechua, Russian, Slavic, Spanish

Pronunciation: English: NEE-nuh (/ˈniːnə/),Spanish: NEE-nah (/ˈnina/)

What is the meaning of the name Nina ?

The baby name Nina is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced English: NEE-nuh (/ˈniːnə/),Spanish: NEE-nah (/ˈnina/).

Nina is Quechua, Russian, Slavic, Spanish in Origin.

Nina is a cosmopolitan given name with overlapping origins. In Slavic and wider European use, it functions as a short form of Antonina, Janina, Giannina, and other -nina names. Through veneration of 4th-century Saint Nino (the enlightener of Georgia), Nina became established as an independent Russian and East European name and spread across Europe and the Americas in the 19th century. It remains widely used in Italy, Spain, Germany, Scandinavia, and the United States.

Meanings vary by source language: in Spanish contexts it is associated with niña "little girl" (though the name is spelled without the tilde); in Quechua nina means "fire"; in Persian usage it’s taken to mean "kind" or "graceful." Some scholars also note a link to the Assyro-Babylonian goddess Nina of Nineveh. Variants and related forms include Niña, Nína (Icelandic), Ninette, Ninon, Nena, and the longer forms Antonina and Giannina.

Nina has the following similar or variant Names

Niña (Spanish orthography)
Nína (Icelandic)
Ninah
Ninon
Ninette
Antonina (related/full form)

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Nina	Yankovic				"Weird Al" Yankovic	rapper	★★★★★
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Nina	Simone Smith				LL Cool J	television actor	★★★★★

Nina – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country	Gender	Year	Rank	Born	of
Ireland	Girls	2025	#1	—	874
Germany	Girls	2025	#1	—	411
SI		0	#2	200	1,612
KH		0	#3	1	102
SI	Girls	0	#4	676	2,769
FJ	Girls	0	#6	4	583
KR		0	#8	1	201
BI		0	#11	2	425
BG	Girls	0	#15	588	3,559
BF	Girls	0	#16	2	315
DZ		0	#16	34,009	20,130
Switzerland	Girls	2024	#17	186	1,786
BW		0	#18	2	960
France	Girls	2021	#19	1,896	3,185
MD	Girls	0	#19	162	865
MV		0	#19	1	644
MD		0	#21	14	434
Belgium	Girls	2024	#22	228	424
HT	Girls	0	#23	1	950
RS	Girls	0	#23	394	1,651
BN	Girls	0	#24	100	5,459
BN		0	#27	6	2,297
DJ	Girls	0	#27	3	488
GE		0	#27	18	997
Finland	Girls	0	#28	3,568	1,368
HR	Girls	0	#28	1,619	3,687
ID		0	#28	12	2,238
BG		0	#29	56	1,799
BI	Girls	0	#29	5	726
ID	Girls	0	#29	77	3,319
TM	Girls	0	#29	7	574
NA		0	#32	2	2,537
GE	Girls	0	#33	126	1,564
RS		0	#33	70	923
MV	Girls	0	#34	2	2,021
Finland		0	#35	854	830
GR	Girls	0	#37	385	6,293
IT	Girls	2024	#38	906	47
HN	Girls	0	#38	1	884
AZ		0	#39	5	706
Austria	Girls	0	#40	2,360	1,885
CY	Girls	0	#40	106	3,755
HR		0	#40	263	2,081
Finland	Girls	2026	#41	14,850	3,895
MT		0	#41	3	1,767
Austria		0	#44	328	850
Austria	Girls	2022	#45	181	61
RU	Girls	0	#45	5,050	11,913
CM		0	#48	9	2,592
MO		0	#49	4	2,706
CY		0	#50	10	1,632
DK	Girls	0	#52	878	7,429
Germany	Girls	0	#54	8,357	4,949
LU		0	#54	13	2,830
DK		0	#57	231	5,198
Germany		0	#58	934	2,542
PH		0	#58	39	5,607
TW	Girls	0	#63	312	8,139
CN		0	#67	19	3,857
AL		0	#70	7	2,372
JP		0	#70	8	4,057
AO		0	#71	7	2,729
IN		0	#71	1	2,963
AZ	Girls	0	#73	3	1,051
KZ		0	#73	18	1,452
TW		0	#73	28	4,523
RU		0	#74	178	3,641
MD	Boys	0	#78	4	756
KZ	Girls	0	#79	623	5,862
CM	Girls	0	#85	1,221	11,671
LT		0	#87	2	949
LU	Girls	0	#88	112	4,850
AF	Girls	0	#90	5	2,402
GR		0	#90	45	3,911
NL	Girls	0	#95	4,049	5,933
CN	Girls	0	#96	423	8,829
EE	Girls	0	#97	42	1,888
MT	Girls	0	#97	55	3,773
QA		0	#99	8	7,011
PL	Girls	0	#101	1,462	5,096
SD		0	#101	2	2,130
Norway	Girls	2025	#103	24	453
GE	Boys	0	#103	8	2,055
OM		0	#103	14	6,215
LT	Girls	0	#109	113	1,904
IL	Girls	0	#111	1,274	11,648
HU		0	#113	3	1,675
AL	Girls	0	#115	125	4,141
CZ	Girls	0	#115	467	5,378
PA		0	#115	16	3,797
EC		0	#117	5	2,502
KW		0	#117	5	5,216
IQ		0	#125	9	3,533
PS	Girls	0	#125	837	10,981
MU		0	#127	10	3,613
Sweden	Girls	2022	#128	54	1,568
AE		0	#130	48	10,220
CY	Boys	0	#130	2	3,473
NL		0	#132	330	2,481
CZ		0	#134	55	3,154
AO	Girls	0	#137	75	4,575
BN	Boys	0	#137	3	6,332
PR	Girls	0	#139	23	3,171
CR		0	#141	18	5,526
BW	Girls	0	#143	9	4,216
MY	Girls	0	#143	2,387	24,821
PL		0	#146	82	2,600
IR	Girls	0	#151	714	8,334
LT	Boys	0	#151	1	2,166
BW	Boys	0	#152	3	4,685
RS	Boys	0	#153	2	2,277
Canada	Girls	2024	#156	139	2,795
UY		0	#165	13	2,477
IR		0	#167	66	4,221
MO	Girls	0	#168	85	7,056
AE	Girls	0	#169	472	20,968
PS		0	#170	49	5,692
JP	Girls	0	#171	77	6,592
MY		0	#174	168	12,352
QA	Girls	0	#174	145	15,378
SD	Girls	0	#175	200	7,678
MT	Boys	0	#179	1	4,064
IT	Girls	0	#182	13,759	9,415
PH	Girls	0	#183	236	13,098
IQ	Girls	0	#186	450	11,303
AR		0	#188	6	2,915
PT	Girls	0	#192	463	7,952
HU	Girls	0	#194	30	3,308
IL		0	#198	78	6,291
MA		0	#198	6,148	20,986
PT		0	#198	49	4,161
NA	Girls	0	#199	26	7,146
SI	Boys	0	#200	10	3,402
OM	Girls	0	#202	201	15,987
EC	Girls	0	#213	27	3,650
MU	Girls	0	#213	142	8,539
BG	Boys	0	#217	4	3,850
BD		0	#218	10	5,992
LU	Boys	0	#219	2	4,970
SG	Girls	0	#220	499	18,916
SG		0	#222	48	11,010
GH		0	#225	19	5,396
MO	Boys	0	#233	2	5,842
Spain	Girls	0	#234	2,255	5,561
JO	Girls	0	#236	92	7,570
JM	Girls	0	#238	22	7,507
BR	Girls	0	#241	1,881	12,708
HR	Boys	0	#244	15	3,997
AO	Boys	0	#249	1	5,568
NG		0	#251	14	5,926
TW	Boys	0	#251	6	7,111
NA	Boys	0	#253	1	6,830
GH	Girls	0	#261	64	6,973
SA		0	#263	33	10,560
GR	Boys	0	#268	6	6,912
LB		0	#268	575	13,263
SA	Girls	0	#273	968	25,931
AL	Boys	0	#284	15	5,122
KW	Girls	0	#284	241	19,177
PE		0	#284	27	6,350
BR		0	#285	61	5,969
United States	Girls	2024	#286	955	8,487
KZ	Boys	0	#289	8	6,578
JM	Boys	0	#292	2	6,876
JP	Boys	0	#303	1	7,909
CZ	Boys	0	#304	2	6,530
GT		0	#304	11	5,948
PA	Girls	0	#306	182	9,861
CL	Girls	0	#315	955	14,098
HK		0	#318	31	8,483
YE		0	#319	63	8,639
Spain		0	#322	132	2,326
AR	Girls	0	#324	367	8,289
CR	Girls	0	#324	225	11,342
ZA		0	#326	122	14,421
CN	Boys	0	#327	5	9,639
HK	Girls	0	#327	346	16,104
LY		0	#330	220	12,703
DK	Boys	0	#331	2	7,401
PL	Boys	0	#332	9	6,459
BD	Girls	0	#333	54	8,413
IT		0	#334	595	4,183
BO		0	#346	36	6,868
CL		0	#349	63	6,867
GH	Boys	0	#360	2	8,138
CO	Girls	0	#363	1,605	16,140
UY	Girls	0	#364	153	6,731
EG		0	#366	35	6,387
MU	Boys	0	#368	2	8,477
MX		0	#368	46	8,339
PT	Boys	0	#375	7	7,951
JO	Boys	0	#388	2	7,057
CO		0	#404	77	7,768
PH	Boys	0	#405	4	11,440
UY	Boys	0	#410	4	5,922
BO	Girls	0	#415	209	9,488
SY		0	#427	349	11,684
GT	Girls	0	#428	78	7,500
Austria	Boys	0	#432	11	2,180
BH		0	#446	108	17,937
NG	Girls	0	#448	414	15,093
ZA	Girls	0	#451	1,144	25,928
TN		0	#452	493	13,765
MX	Girls	0	#455	1,423	17,781
PE	Girls	0	#455	705	14,861
SD	Boys	0	#459	8	10,523
RU	Boys	0	#465	41	12,621
AR	Boys	0	#476	8	7,628
CM	Boys	0	#489	62	12,054
GT	Boys	0	#496	4	7,625
PA	Boys	0	#503	3	9,305
CR	Boys	0	#507	4	10,188
HK	Boys	0	#517	11	12,905
EG	Girls	0	#523	527	14,742
IR	Boys	0	#541	12	10,162
BO	Boys	0	#544	49	9,244
PS	Boys	0	#554	8	10,655
IN	Girls	0	#585	47	13,121
BD	Boys	0	#604	2	10,045
IQ	Boys	0	#611	57	13,071
IL	Boys	0	#617	9	10,983
CL	Boys	0	#647	19	13,390
SG	Boys	0	#680	18	17,960
QA	Boys	0	#697	11	18,093
BR	Boys	0	#728	24	12,213
KW	Boys	0	#755	15	18,755
TR		0	#822	440	19,440
PE	Boys	0	#845	34	14,506
OM	Boys	0	#863	19	17,948
EG	Boys	0	#868	19	15,035
CO	Boys	0	#888	33	15,656
Spain	Boys	0	#890	41	5,610
Germany	Boys	0	#913	40	5,697
NL	Boys	0	#919	33	5,873
NG	Boys	0	#930	22	16,906
MX	Boys	0	#958	25	16,355
IN	Boys	0	#981	21	16,750
MY	Boys	0	#1,037	75	25,439
AE	Boys	0	#1,070	23	22,615
ZA	Boys	0	#1,143	36	25,619
IT	Boys	0	#1,301	171	10,046
SA	Boys	0	#1,523	92	28,008

Nina is popular in 100 countries — most recent births per country:

France

Norway

Ireland

Scotland, United Kingdom

Austria

Canada

Belgium

Brussels, Belgium

Flanders, Belgium

Wallonia, Belgium

Switzerland

Germany

Sweden

United States

New York City (Asian & Pacific Islander), United States

New York City (White, non-Hispanic), United States

New York City (Hispanic), United States

Austria

Germany

Spain

Finland

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