Nina (name)

Nina is a feminine name with unclear etymology. It probably comes from the name Ninos, worn by the mythical founder Nineveh and the Assyrian empire. Patron of this name, Saint. Nina (Nino), also known as Christian - "Christian", brought Christianity to Georgia.

The name Nina may originate from the old Slavic word Ninati, meaning "dreamer" or "dream".

Other origins for the name Nina include - Native American, Spanish, English, Croatian, and Indian. In Europe it is a short form of names such as Antonia or Janina^[1] Another meaning: mother in Swahili; flower in Old Greek, and fire in Quechua.

People

Fictional characters

• Nina Sergeevna Krilova, former KGB officer in The Americans
• Nina, a character in the Disney Junior television series Imagination Movers
• Nina, a character in the PlayStation role-playing game Suikoden II
• Nina, a character from the book Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad
• Nina, the title character of Nina's World
• Nina Ash, from the American television series Angel
• Nina Bibikova, from the novel The Man from Barbarossa
• Nina Brown, from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Nina Callas, from The Clique series of books
• Nina Campbell, from the American sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun
• Nina Cassady, from the American drama Law & Order
• Nina Cortex, from the Crash Bandicoot series of games
• Nina Cortlandt, from the soap opera All My Children
• 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 Harper, a character 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 Martin, a character from House of Anubis
• Nina Myers, a terrorism analyst in the TV series 24
• Nina Martin, a character in House of Anubis
• Nina Pickering, werewolf from the TV series Being Human
• Nina Purpleton, female lead character in Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
• Nina Sakura, from Ultra Maniac
• Nina Sayers, from the 2010 film Black Swan
• Nina Mikaelovna Schareshnaia from The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
• Nina Sharp, a character in TV series Fringe
• Nina Sinclair from the Vampire Academy spinoff series Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
• Nina Tucker, from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Nina Tucker, from the anime Fullmetal Alchemist
• Nina Thumbell, the daughter of Thumbelina from the Mattel franchise Ever After High'
• Nina Van Horn, from the American sitcom Just Shoot Me!
• Nina van Rooyen, from the book Fiela's Child by Dalene Matthee
• 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 Windia, from the Breath of Fire series of games
• Nina Yamada, from Mamotte! Lollipop
• Nina Natsume, from the Urara Meirocho
• Nina Skalka, from The Simpsons
• Nina M-M, from "Xyz+123"

See also

• Nina (disambiguation)
• Nena (given name)
• Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, British royal known as Cecilia Nina Bowes-Lyon
• Lisa Moretti, an American professional wrestler formerly known as Nina
• Saint Nino (anglicized to Nina), an Eastern-orthodox saint
• Nina Never Knew, song

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