Meaning of the nameNina

Nina is a feminine name that Wiktionary presents as a borrowing from the Russian Нина, which in turn comes from the Georgian ნინო.

Meaning

The meaning of Nina is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 12,960
Rank in Brazil: #1,419
Median age: 13 years
2010 Census: 8,293; people

Nina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Nina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (4,214 people).

12,887 women 73 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Nina is most common

States with the highest share of people named Nina in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	3,046	0.007%
Rio de Janeiro	2,467	0.015%
Minas Gerais	1,359	0.007%
Rio Grande do Sul	977	0.009%
Bahia	962	0.007%
Paraná	448	0.004%
Distrito Federal	428	0.015%
Santa Catarina	395	0.005%
Pará	354	0.004%
Pernambuco	322	0.004%
Ceará	294	0.003%
Amazonas	277	0.007%
Espírito Santo	256	0.007%
Goiás	230	0.003%
Maranhão	209	0.003%
Alagoas	159	0.005%
Piauí	136	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	103	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	95	0.003%
Sergipe	93	0.004%
Paraíba	83	0.002%
Mato Grosso	72	0.002%
Amapá	54	0.007%
Roraima	41	0.006%
Tocantins	40	0.003%
Rondônia	37	0.002%
Acre	23	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Nina

In Portuguese, Nina is a borrowing from the Russian Нина (Nína), which comes from the Georgian ნინო (nino). Behind the Name gives another reading: Nina is also a short form of names ending in -nina, such as Antonina, and entered Western Europe through Russia and Italy in the nineteenth century. Almost always female, most of the people were born from 2000 onward. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 12,960 people named Nina, with a median age of 13. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Neina, Neinha, Ninha, Ninna and Nyna as spelling variants.

Sources

Wiktionary: Nina · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Nina · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage

Questions about the name Nina

What does the name Nina mean?

The meaning of Nina is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Nina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,960 people with the first name Nina, which ranks it number 1,419 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Nina a boy's or a girl's name?

Nina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 12,887 women and 73 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Nina?

Nina is a name of Slavic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Nina most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.015% of the state's population is named Nina (2,467 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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