Nina
Nina is a girl name of Japanese origin, meaning Nara.
What Nina means
Nara.
Nina is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Nina comes from
Japanese given names are written in kanji, and the characters chosen carry the meaning as much as the sound does. The same pronunciation can be written several different ways, each shading the sense differently, so parents pick characters as deliberately as they pick the name itself.
Nina is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Nina?
Nina sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
Names like Nina
These share Nina's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Nanami — Seven seas.
- Akari — Light, brightness.
- Aoi — Hollyhock; the color blue.
- Emi — Beautiful blessing; smile.
- Hana — Flower, blossom.
- Haruka — Distant; spring.
- Himari — Facing the sun; sunflower.
- Hina — Sun, light.
- Hoshi — Star.
- Kaede — Maple leaf.
- Kiku — Chrysanthemum.
- Megumi — Blessing, grace.