Mina name meaning

By Nishant Saini

Updated: May 30th, 2024

Gender: Unisex, both Boy and Girl

Origin: Japanese, Persian, Sanskrit, Pashto and Germanic

Usage: Sikh, Arabic, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sikh, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Indian, Afghani, German, Italian, Faroese, Greenlandic, Finnish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Oriya

Pronunciation: m(i)-na

Meaning: Enamel Work, Love, Blue Glass and A Light

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What does Mina mean?
Variations of Mina
Nicknames for Mina
Middle Names for Mina
How popular is Mina?
Popularity Chart
Similar Names to Mina
Famous People Named Mina
Lists having Mina

What does Mina mean?

Meaning of Mina is Enamel Work, Love, Blue Glass or A Light is rooted from Germanic, Pashto, Persian, Sanskrit and Japanese used for both genders is used in Swedish, Sindhi, Norwegian, Danish, Italian, Telugu, Malayalam, Sikh, Afghani, English, Arabic, Faroese, Marathi, Oriya, Gujarati, Hindi, Sanskrit, Indian, Kannada, Bengali, German, Finnish, Tamil and Greenlandic.

Mina is a variant of prevailing Meena. Meena is variation of new Meina. Also Meena is variant of widespread and enduring Mina. Widespread and Enduring Meena has its origin in Germanic and Sanskrit, Meena means "Starling and Descent from the Matsya Avatar".

Mina is derived from jasmine. jasmine is version of dominant Jasmin. jasmine's meaning is Flower of Jasmine, Shrub with Yellow Flowers and Fragrant Flower is originated from Old Persian and Arabic..

The name is celebrated on October 5.

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How do I pronounce Mina?

The proper pronunciation of two syllabled Mina is m(i)-na.

Variants of Mina

Meena, Meina, Meanah, Mia, Maria, Mariam, Mariamne, Mirjam, Emilia, Mary, Michaela

Nicknames for Mina

Since the name Mina is such a short name, it is hard to converge any further but we managed scrape out few options:

Names that rhyme with Mina

How popular is the name Mina?

Mina used to be a common name in United States, first appeared in 1880 and over 16468 babies have been given the name in 177 years. At the peak of its usage in 1880,.

However the graph is now showing a downward trend after 177 years. In addition to that, the moniker has been in Also, Mina is a common name in France given to over 6003 babies in 101 years.

Recently the name is rising, in 2016, it ranked 265th when 240 parents chose the moniker for their baby girls.

Mina is a familiar baby name in England and Wales, it has been in use since 1996 and was able to reach the top 500 names.

Recently in 2018, 90 babies were given Mina and it reached its peak ranking, 478 on girl names chart. There are over 923 babies that have been given the name Mina in England and Wales.

Also, in Switzerland, the name has been in use since 2002 and has secured the place in top 200 names. Recently in 2018, 69 babies were given Mina and it reached its peak ranking, 104 on girl names chart.

Over 431 people have been named Mina in Switzerland. Also, in Netherlands, in just 5 years, it has made it to the top 300 names. In 2015, it achieved its highest ever ranking of 212 on girl names chart when 62 babies were given the name Mina.

There are over 265 babies that have been given the name Mina in Netherlands. Also, in Belgium, it has been in use since 1995 and was able to reach the top 200 names.

In 2014, it achieved its highest ever ranking of 185 on girl names chart when 56 babies were given the name Mina. Over 556 people have been named Mina in Belgium.

However things change on global perspective, Mina is extremely popular in India where every 1 in 700 have the name as well as in, Egypt, Iran, Nepal and Morocco. Also the baby name is popular in Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Japan, Iraq, Sudan, Pakistan, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Ghana, Chad, Algeria, Cambodia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

According to our evaluation, over 3440000 babies have been named Mina globally.

Year	Boys		Girls
Year	Rank	Births	Rank	Births
2023	7260	11	585	511
2022	6789	12	610	486
2021	5521	16	589	505
2020	8018	9	662	433
2019	5326	17	683	424
2018	6028	14	625	480
2017	5285	17	702	410
2016	3520	31	741	384
2015	4705	20	761	370
2014	5061	18	688	410

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Facts

Mina in Nordic countries

Countries	Men		Women
Countries	First Name	Secondary Name	First Name	Secondary Name
	24	26	2013	797
	0	0	0	327

What numerology tells about Mina?

Reveal your pain and let people who've hurt you know how you feel. You lack passion and wilderness. You are born to be a businessman, politician, manage your own business or some other position that requires leadership, warrior spirit, taking risks, and daring yourself to do more. You take calculated risks but sometimes you let spontaneity surprise you. If letter A is your capstone, then you are probably a man of your word.

Other names liked by would be parents that are similar to Mina

Abhin means Different or Fearless aimed at baby boys is especially used in Kannada, Gujarati and Arabic
Itimad - The unisex name Itimad means "Dependence, Confidence or Reliance" is especially used in Arabic, Sindhi and Arabic
Sameeah - Meaning of Sameeah is Forgiveness or Forgiver or Hearing used for both sexes is principally used in Arabic and Arabic
Arshia - Arshia's meaning is Throne or Heavenly is used as a gender-neutral name is notably used in Bengali, Sindhi and Punjabi
Kabeer - Queer and Modernistic Kabeer has its origin in Sanskrit and Arabic is used in Arabic and Hindi, Kabeer means "Name of a Famous Poet / Saint or Famous Sufi Saint" is given to baby boys

Middle names for Mina

Possible options for a child named Mina include these in vogue and lovely middle names:

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Famous people named Mina

Mina Crandon, well known psychical medium
Mina Laličić, b
Mina Minovici, Romanian forensic scientist, famous for his extensive research regarding cadaverous alkaloids
Mina Kolokolnikov, Russian painter and teacher
Mina P. Shaughnessy, teacher and innovator
Mina Kubota, Japanese composer
Mina Fukui, Japanese actress, tarento and gravure model
Mina Rosner, native of Buczacz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
Mina Rees, American mathematician
Mina Anwar, British actress
Mina Loy, British artist, writer, poet, playwright, novelist, futurist
Mina, and a dominant figure in Italian pop music
Mina Shum, independent Canadian filmmaker
Mina Bissell, Iranian-American biologist
Mina Wylie, was one of Australia's first two female Olympic swimming representatives
Mina Kostić, Serbian turbo-folk singer
Mina Assadi, poet, author, journalist and songwriter
Mina Ahadi, Iranian-Austrian political activist
Mina Kruseman,
Mina Nguyen, is
Mina Fonda Ochtman, American Impressionist painter noted for her watercolors of landscapes and coastal scenes
Mina Mohammad Khani in Ayneh as Actress
Actor Mina Adamaki, known for movie Safe Sex
Mina Aoe, from 1958 flick Zoku: Kindan no suna, who portrayed N.
In 1985, Mina Bern played the role of Ruth in action and crime movie Tenement.
In 1930, Mina Burnett played the role of Manette in crime film An Obvious Situation.
In 1915 adventure, mystery film, The Broken Coin, Mina Cunard portrayed Cecile McLain.
Mina D'Orvella, from 1920 film Per un figlio, who characterized the N.
In 2009, Mina Tander characterized the role of Sara in comedy film Maria, ihm schmeckt's nicht!.
Mina Violetto characterized the important character of N in 1932 flick The Toiler.
Mina Asami portrayed leading role of Omina in 1983 drama flick Iro zange.
Mina Landraw, from 2018 comedy movie Politseyskiy s Rublyovki. Snova doma, who characterized One of teenagers.
Mina Antoulaki, from 1983 drama, thriller film O drakos, to prosopo tis imeras, who played the N.
In 1982 drama movie, Shtëpia jonë e përbashkët, Mina Koxhaku played Vaso.
Mina del Oro characterized leading role of N In drama flick Isang dakot na kaligayahan.
Mina Shadrick played leading character of Amanda in 2015 horror movie The Last Breath....
Mina Sadic, from 2013 drama film Die Erbin, who characterized Hlya.
Mina Lakani, from 1994 comedy, fantasy movie Rooz-e fereshte, who portrayed Angel.

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Sources

Social Security Administration, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html
Office for National Statistics, https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths
Central Statistics Office - An Phríomh-Oifig Staidrimh, https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/babynames
Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2540004
Sociale Verzekeringsbank, https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/population/family-names-and-first-names/first-names-boys-and-girls
Office fédéral de la statistique, https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home/statistiques/population/naissances-deces/prenoms-nouveaux-nes.html
Sociale Verzekeringsbank, https://www.svb.nl/nl/kindernamen/

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