Nina (name)
Introduction '''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", including Antonina, Clementina, Constantina, Giannina, etc. ; it can also serve as a diminutive form of Anna. '''Nína''' is an Icelandic name, while '''Niná''' is a Sami name. 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".
Given name *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 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 thoracic 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 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 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 *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 * Nina, main characters of the Blue Sky Studios' 12th animated film Ferdinand* Nina, the titular main character of ''Nina Needs to Go! ''* Nina, the title character of ''Nina's World''* Nina, a character in the Disney Junior television series ''Imagination Movers''* Nina, a Costa Rican Wild Kratts Kids girl from ''Wild Kratts''* Nina, a character from the book ''Almayer's Folly'' by Joseph Conrad* 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 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 Sayers, from the 2010 film ''Black Swan''* 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 Sergeevna Krilova, former KGB officer in The Americans* Nina Zenik, a character in the ''Six of Crows'' duology * Nina Salazar-Roberts, a main character in the Disney+ TV series, ''High School Musical: The Musical: The Series''*Nina from ''You Were Never Really Here'', film by Lynne Ramsay* Nina the Killer, a character from the ''creepypasta'' of the same name
Surname *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*Li Nina (born 1983), Chinese aerial skier*Lorenzo Nina (1812–1885), Italian prelate*Song Nina (born 1980), Chinese volleyball player*Ur-Nina (fl. c. 2550 BC–2500 BC), Iraqi king
See also *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
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