Mina (given name)

Mina is a given name with a variety of origins, used as a feminine name in some cultures and a masculine name in others.

Egypt

Mina, Coptic Μήνης is a male given name for Egyptian Coptic Christians.

Mina in the Coptic language (derived from ancient Egyptian language) means: a person who is Steadfast, committed, unrelenting or determined.

  • Mina (fl. c. 3100 BC), a.k.a. Menes, legendary Egyptian ruler and the first pharaoh of Egypt.
  • St. Mina (Saint Menas; fl. 3rd century AD), Coptic religious leader (martyr)

Arabic

Meena (Arabic: mīnā' مِينَاء) is the irregular feminine noun for port. See Mina (disambiguation)

Chinese

Mina is a Chinese female given name. It may be written as 米娜, 蜜娜 and 密娜. Na (娜) is a commonly used character in Chinese female names.

India

Mina is an Indian female given name.

Japanese

Mina is a Japanese feminine given name. It may be written various ways in kanji, including 美奈, 美那, and 未菜.[1]

Korean
Mina
Hangul
민아
Hanja
敏雅, 珉娥, 慜娥, and others
Revised RomanizationMin-a
McCune–ReischauerMina
Alternative spelling
Hangul
미나
Revised RomanizationMi-na
McCune–ReischauerMina

Mina, Meena, and Minah are various Roman alphabet spellings of two homophonous Korean feminine given names with different hangul spellings. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.

For the name Min-a (민아), there are 27 hanja with the reading "min" and 20 hanja with the reading "a" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[2]

  • Shim Mina (born 1972), South Korean singer
  • Jung Mina (born 1979), South Korean gayageum singer-songwriter
  • Shin Min-a (born 1984), South Korean actress
  • Bang Min-ah (born 1993), South Korean singer, member of Girl's Day
  • Kwon Mina (born 1993), South Korean singer, member of AOA
  • Jung Min-ah (born 1994), South Korean actress
  • Kang Min-ah (born 1997), South Korean actress
  • Justine Mina Ok (fl. 2000s), Korean American songwriter

For the name Mi-na (미나), there are 31 hanja with the reading "mi" and 16 hanja with the reading "na" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[2]

  • Mina Cho (born 1960), South Korean writer
  • Son Mi-na (born 1964), South Korean handball player
  • Meena Lee (born 1981), South Korean golfer
  • Kang Mi-na (born 1999), South Korean singer, member of I.O.I and Gugudan

Persian

Mina (Persian: مینا‎) is a female given name in Iran, meaning "azure", "glass bead", or "enamel". Also name of mocking bird MYNAH who easy repeating many sounds and human voice – sounds like "morgh-e-mina". And of flower MARGARITA – sounds like "gol-e-mina" (stress on last "A").[3]

Pashto

Mina (Pashto: مینا‎) means "love" in Pashto, an Indo-Iranic language spoken in Afghanistan and the northwestern regions of Pakistan,[4] which is the feminine noun for the word "lover" – the masculine form is "māyan ماين". Although no source of it as used in a name except for the Persian "Meena". See Meena (disambiguation)

Other

Mina can be a short form of the feminine names Wilhelmina, Hermina or Assimina (in the case of Greek names).

Fictional
  • Seong Mi-na in the Soul series of fighting video games
  • Mina Harker (née Murray), the protagonist and heroine in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, also appearing in other media
  • Mina Tepeş in the Japanese manga series Dance in the Vampire Bund
  • Mina Tsukishiro in the Japanese anime series Getsumento Heiki Mina
  • Mina Mongoose, female mongoose in the comic series Sonic the Hedgehog
  • Mina Aino, Sailor Venus in the Sailor Moon anime and manga series
  • Mina Majikina in the video game Samurai Shodown
  • Mina McKee in David Almond's children's book Skellig and its prequel My Name is Mina
  • Yoo Mi-na in 2012 South Korean television series Time Slip Dr. Jin
  • Mina Beff in Todd Kauffman's Grojband
  • Mina Carolina in the anime and manga series Attack on Titan
  • Mina, artist and Trial Captain of Poni Island in Pokémon Sun & Moon and Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon
  • Meenah Peixes in the webcomic Homestuck
  • Mina (Dragonlance), herald of the One God in Dragonlance
  • Mina Monroe in the animated series Bunnicula
  • Mina Rai in the video game Yandere Simulator
  • Mina in Karakai Jozu no Takagi-san
  • Mina Nakanotani in anime and manga Air Master
  • Mina Loveberry, a magical warrior in “Star vs. the Forces of Evil”
  • Mina Ashido in My Hero Academia anime and manga series
  • Mina Kim in the game Mystic Messenger

See also

References
  1. Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  2. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  3. Steingass, Francis Joseph. "مینا mīnā". A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary. Digital Dictionaries of South Asia. University of Chicago. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  4. Raverty, H.G. "مینا mai-nā". A Dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans. Digital Dictionaries of South Asia. University of Chicago. p. 955. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
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