Girl's name
Mina
Say it MEE-nuh
Roots in German, Arabic and Sanskrit 2 syllables
Where Mina is loved, common and rare
Common across six German cities, Norway, Slovenia and one more place. Rare in Austria, the Netherlands, Canada and seven more places.
1 in 2,429 girls born in Northern Ireland in 2025
Berlin 42ndCologne 50thNorway 65th
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Every place
In 21 of the 40 official lists, among them Berlin (42nd), Cologne (50th) and Norway (65th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin city | 42nd 2023 | 59 | about 1 in 246 |
| Cologne city | 50th 2023 | 23 | about 1 in 267 |
| Norway | 65th 2025 | 96 | 1 in 227 |
| Munich city | 78th 2025 | 18 | about 1 in 233 |
| Slovenia | 85th 2025 | 21 | about 1 in 315 |
| Switzerland | 99th 2025 | 70 | 1 in 486 |
| Austria | 123rd 2025 | 51 | 1 in 700 |
| The Netherlands | 261st 2025 | 56 | about 1 in 1,090 |
| British Columbia province | 268th 2023 | 12 | about 1 in 997 |
| Italy | 298th 2024 | 53 | 1 in 3,381 |
| Sweden | 303rd 2025 | 24 | about 1 in 1,674 |
| France | 305th 2025 | 175 | 1 in 1,639 |
| Israel מינא | 369th 2024 | 55 | about 1 in 1,427 |
| Quebec province | 387th 2025 | 13 | about 1 in 2,000 |
| Northern Ireland | 397th 2025 | 3 | 1 in 2,429 |
| England and Wales | 408th 2025 | 100 | 1 in 2,533 |
| Scotland | 632nd 2025 | 4 | 1 in 4,473 |
| Ontario province | 675th 2024 | 18 | about 1 in 3,026 |
| Rostock city | 46th 2025 | 4 | about 1 in 246 |
| Bonn city | 65th 2025 | 9 | about 1 in 335 |
| Leipzig city | 77th 2025 | 7 | about 1 in 375 |
Rare, below the listed names: Ireland, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Catalonia, Poland and Hungary.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Israel publishes names in Hebrew script. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Sources: BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); Statistični urad Republike Slovenije (SURS), SiStat (Slovenia); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel) (Israel); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig). How we count, and every source
About the name
Mina belongs to more than one tradition. It is recorded as a German name, an Arabic name and a Sanskrit one, so the same short form is at home in very different languages and cultures.
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Two syllables, said MEE-nuh, with the stress on the first. Variants include Meena, Minah, Miina, Minni, Mini and Minita, and Nina and Mia are listed as related names.
Mina is most popular in Norway, and it also ranks inside the top 100 in Slovenia and Switzerland. Among English speakers it appears in British Columbia, Quebec and England and Wales. French records show it in use for about a century, with a peak in 2019, and today it is rising in about as many places as it is falling, so it is steady overall.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- MEE-nuh, 2 syllables
- Origin
- German, Arabic and Sanskrit
Over time
Over five years: rising in 7 of 20 regions, falling in 7.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 681 | 533 | 478 | 574 | 550 | 634 | 562 | 498 | 493 | 408 |
| Scotland | 383 | 666 | 809 | 650 | 429 | 760 | 540 | 384 | 632 | |
| Ireland | 585 | 651 | 896 | 716 | 883 | 727 | 898 | |||
| Ontario | 598 | 599 | 400 | 413 | 297 | 449 | 422 | 284 | 675 | |
| British Columbia | 345 | 596 | 460 | 666 | 290 | 398 | 316 | 268 | ||
| Quebec | 651 | 730 | 593 | 703 | 722 | 713 | 376 | 387 | ||
| France | 248 | 270 | 266 | 240 | 261 | 287 | 325 | 318 | 324 | 305 |
| The Netherlands | 269 | 278 | 228 | 284 | 328 | 280 | 331 | 272 | 261 | |
| Austria | 108 | 115 | 96 | 104 | 93 | 121 | 119 | 114 | 150 | 123 |
| Switzerland | 93 | 151 | 104 | 118 | 117 | 113 | 106 | 125 | 104 | 99 |
| Berlin | 42 | 44 | 34 | 42 | 39 | 34 | 43 | 42 | ||
| Munich | 74 | 70 | 73 | 101 | 94 | 137 | 119 | 96 | 75 | 78 |
| Cologne | 40 | 51 | 26 | 38 | 27 | 59 | 74 | 50 | ||
| Bonn | 59 | 28 | 51 | 102 | 33 | 54 | 48 | 96 | 76 | 65 |
| Leipzig | 92 | 124 | 63 | 71 | 74 | 164 | 87 | 215 | 143 | 77 |
| Rostock | 75 | 58 | 99 | 97 | 126 | 52 | 82 | 105 | 99 | 46 |
| Norway | 42 | 62 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 77 | 66 | 56 | 63 | 65 |
| Sweden | 292 | 321 | 424 | 328 | 285 | 347 | 326 | 286 | 375 | 303 |
| Catalonia | 541 | 615 | 389 | 407 | 412 | 429 | 532 | 611 | ||
| Italy | 481 | 333 | 342 | 351 | 298 | |||||
| Slovenia | 96 | 140 | 106 | 95 | 103 | 99 | 108 | 95 | 105 | 85 |
| Israel | 286 | 310 | 217 | 218 | 205 | 238 | 324 | 370 | 369 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 408 | 100 | 39.5 |
| 2024 | 493 | 80 | 31.0 |
| 2023 | 498 | 79 | 30.8 |
| 2022 | 562 | 69 | 26.2 |
| 2021 | 634 | 61 | 22.3 |
| 2020 | 550 | 72 | 26.8 |
| 2019 | 574 | 70 | 25.0 |
| 2018 | 478 | 90 | 31.2 |
| 2017 | 533 | 81 | 27.1 |
| 2016 | 681 | 61 | 19.9 |
| 2015 | 787 | 49 | 15.9 |
| 2014 | 606 | 68 | 22.2 |
| 2013 | 733 | 54 | 17.5 |
| 2012 | 722 | 56 | 17.4 |
| 2011 | 959 | 37 | 11.5 |
| 2010 | 623 | 61 | 19.0 |
| 2009 | 865 | 39 | 12.4 |
| 2008 | 710 | 50 | 15.8 |
| 2007 | 836 | 38 | 12.4 |
| 2006 | 1052 | 26 | 8.7 |
| 2005 | 990 | 26 | 9.0 |
| 2004 | 948 | 27 | 9.4 |
| 2003 | 818 | 32 | 11.5 |
| 2002 | 1192 | 17 | 6.4 |
| 2001 | 835 | 28 | 10.4 |
| 2000 | 1095 | 18 | 6.6 |
| 1999 | 1060 | 19 | 6.7 |
| 1998 | 1259 | 15 | 5.2 |
| 1997 | 1365 | 13 | 4.4 |
| 1996 | 1522 | 11 | 3.7 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Mina in France since 1925 were born in or after 2008. First recorded in 1925. Her peak year there: 2019, at 78.3 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Mina per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2019 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Mina
1 in 606 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Mina.
1 in 3,521 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Mina.
1 in 2,236 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Mina.
1 in 2,508 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Mina.
Similar forms, not dealt separately: Leila.
1 in 307 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Mina. Same first letter as Mina.
Similar forms, not dealt separately: Mariam.
1 in 587 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Mina.
1 in 5,277 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Mina.
1 in 1,041 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Mina.
1 in 2,638 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Mina.
1 in 3,018 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Mina.
Middle names for Mina
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Mina Grace
2-1 beats · initials MG
Changes the beat after Mina: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Mina Olivia
2-4 beats · initials MO · Mina slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Mina: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Mina slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Mina Sophia
2-3 beats · initials MS
Changes the beat after Mina: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Mina Rose
2-1 beats · initials MR
Changes the beat after Mina: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Mina Maria
2-3 beats · initials MM
Changes the beat after Mina: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Mina Emily
2-3 beats · initials ME · Mina slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Mina: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Mina slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Mina Julia
2-3 beats · initials MJ
Changes the beat after Mina: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Mina Charlotte
2-2 beats · initials MC
A close match on style, era and popularity. Same length as Mina: 2 syllables.
Same style as Mina
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 1,064 in England and Wales
95% alike: moves with Mina across countries and decades.
1 in 1,266 in England and Wales
94% alike: moves with Mina across countries and decades.
1 in 743 in England and Wales
94% alike: moves with Mina across countries and decades.
1 in 4,966 in England and Wales
93% alike: moves with Mina across countries and decades.
1 in 2,113 in Ireland
93% alike: moves with Mina across countries and decades.
1 in 3,166 in England and Wales
93% alike: moves with Mina across countries and decades.
1 in 3,578 in Scotland
93% alike: moves with Mina across countries and decades.
1 in 1,689 in England and Wales
93% alike: moves with Mina across countries and decades.
Famous people named Mina
Mina, Mina Tanaka, Mina Witkojc, Mina Ahadi, Mina El Hammani, Mina Loy, Mina Sundwall and Mina Popović.
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Italian singer (born 1940)
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Japanese association football player born 1994
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Sorbian poet (1893–1975)
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Human rights activist born 1956
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Spanish actress born 1993
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British writer, poet, playwright, novelist, painter, designer of lamps (1882-1966)
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American actress born 2001
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Serbian volleyball player born 1994
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Mina
4 questions, on how popular she is, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Mina?
Her best rank is No. 65 in Norway in 2025, about 1 in 227 girls. She is in the published lists of 21 of our 40 regions.
How do you pronounce Mina?
MEE-nuh, with 2 syllables.
Is Mina getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 7 of 20 regions, falling in 7.
Which sister names go with Mina?
The deck's top five sisters for Mina: Zahra, Salma, Elsa, Leyla and Maryam. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.