Girl's name
Nina
Say it NEE-nuh
Russian origin 2 syllables
Where Nina is loved, common and rare
Common across the Netherlands, Switzerland, France and 13 more places. Rare in Ireland, three German cities, England and Wales and six more places.
1 in 260 girls born in Northern Ireland in 2025
The Netherlands 11thSwitzerland 26thFrance 35th
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Every place
In 27 of the 40 official lists, among them the Netherlands (11th), Switzerland (26th) and France (35th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Netherlands | 11th 2025 | 477 | about 1 in 128 |
| Switzerland | 26th 2025 | 159 | 1 in 214 |
| France | 35th 2025 | 1,235 | 1 in 232 |
| Italy | 42nd 2024 | 906 | 1 in 198 |
| Poland | 43rd 2025 | 759 | 1 in 158 |
| Slovenia | 50th 2025 | 37 | about 1 in 179 |
| Catalonia region | 53rd 2025 | 79 | 1 in 244 |
| Munich city | 62nd 2025 | 22 | about 1 in 191 |
| Scotland | 66th 2025 | 62 | 1 in 289 |
| Austria | 72nd 2025 | 111 | 1 in 322 |
| Northern Ireland | 75th 2025 | 28 | 1 in 260 |
| Victoria state | 77th 2025 | 80 | rank only |
| Hungary | 85th 2025 | 120 | rank only |
| Ireland | 112th 2025 | 41 | 1 in 515 |
| Berlin city | 140th 2023 | 23 | about 1 in 631 |
| England and Wales | 157th 2025 | 318 | 1 in 796 |
| Sweden | 159th 2025 | 57 | about 1 in 705 |
| Ontario province | 164th 2024 | 66 | about 1 in 825 |
| Cologne city | 183rd 2023 | 6 | about 1 in 1,024 |
| British Columbia province | 187th 2023 | 16 | about 1 in 747 |
| Norway | 189th 2025 | 24 | 1 in 908 |
| Quebec province | 208th 2025 | 28 | about 1 in 929 |
| Israel נינה | 267th 2024 | 59 | about 1 in 1,330 |
| Moscow city Нина | 53rd 2025 | 247 | rank only |
| Leipzig city | 77th 2025 | 7 | about 1 in 375 |
| Rostock city | 92nd 2025 | 2 | about 1 in 492 |
| Bonn city | 119th 2025 | 5 | about 1 in 603 |
Rare, below the listed names: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand and Spain.
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), 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.
Moscow publishes names in Cyrillic. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Sources: Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Statistični urad Republike Slovenije (SURS), SiStat (Slovenia); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Registry of BDM Victoria (DataVic) (Victoria); Belügyminisztérium, Nyilvántartások (kormany.hu) (Hungary); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel) (Israel); Moscow Civil Registry Office (ZAGS), data.mos.ru (Moscow); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn). How we count, and every source
About the name
Nina reached English in the nineteenth century from several directions, most often from Russian. The Russian name honours Saint Nino, the fourth-century saint who brought Christianity to Georgia. Its deeper origin and meaning are obscure, so Nina is valued for its history and sound rather than a literal sense.
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NEE-nuh is two syllables with a neat, repeated sound. Nína is the accented form used in some languages, and relatives include Nena, Nini, Ninna and the Finnish Niina.
Nina is a favourite in the Netherlands, where it sits just outside the top ten, and it ranks well in Switzerland and France. In the English-speaking world it is more modest, most used in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Victoria. In France it peaked around 2021, and it is rising in some countries while easing in others.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- NEE-nuh, 2 syllables
- Origin
- Russian
- Other spellings
- Mina
- Nia
- Ninfa
- Nine
- Nena
- Ninna
- Nini
- Niina
- Anina
- Anniina
Counted together here: Nína.
Etymology
Borrowed into English in the 19th century from several sources, many from Russian Nina, a 4th-century Georgian saint (Nino), of obscure origin and meaning.
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 8 of 25 regions, falling in 9.
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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 |
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| England and Wales | 157 | 159 | 151 | 139 | 145 | 137 | 151 | 161 | 160 | 157 |
| Scotland | 127 | 94 | 95 | 126 | 86 | 126 | 80 | 86 | 97 | 66 |
| Northern Ireland | 159 | 134 | 101 | 131 | 111 | 104 | 90 | 84 | 63 | 75 |
| Ireland | 140 | 99 | 116 | 119 | 83 | 94 | 88 | 100 | 96 | 112 |
| Ontario | 162 | 241 | 177 | 230 | 192 | 234 | 158 | 143 | 164 | |
| British Columbia | 120 | 93 | 102 | 147 | 168 | 191 | 170 | 187 | ||
| Victoria | 81 | 89 | 81 | 84 | 77 | |||||
| South Australia | 202 | 196 | 75 | |||||||
| New Zealand | 64 | 88 | 82 | 78 | 95 | 77 | ||||
| Quebec | 228 | 240 | 250 | 228 | 253 | 250 | 198 | 216 | 376 | 208 |
| France | 29 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 35 |
| The Netherlands | 27 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 11 | |
| Austria | 32 | 34 | 40 | 45 | 46 | 51 | 46 | 61 | 63 | 72 |
| Switzerland | 20 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 26 |
| Berlin | 92 | 86 | 73 | 69 | 91 | 95 | 100 | 140 | ||
| Munich | 84 | 74 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 60 | 67 | 51 | 75 | 62 |
| Cologne | 100 | 93 | 91 | 103 | 121 | 132 | 157 | 183 | ||
| Bonn | 107 | 134 | 134 | 102 | 96 | 264 | 117 | 380 | 84 | 119 |
| Leipzig | 66 | 124 | 70 | 92 | 87 | 98 | 112 | 85 | 92 | 77 |
| Rostock | 136 | 228 | 64 | 67 | 126 | 133 | 187 | 68 | 49 | 92 |
| Norway | 188 | 171 | 162 | 108 | 125 | 155 | 193 | 165 | 198 | 189 |
| Sweden | 182 | 203 | 172 | 225 | 182 | 164 | 174 | 160 | 145 | 159 |
| Iceland | 83 | 104 | ||||||||
| Catalonia | 119 | 98 | 91 | 94 | 97 | 53 | 62 | 63 | 73 | 53 |
| Italy | 79 | 69 | 73 | 66 | 57 | 46 | 47 | 41 | 42 | |
| Poland | 33 | 32 | 41 | 39 | 39 | 36 | 38 | 39 | 43 | 43 |
| Hungary | 90 | 83 | 83 | 80 | 85 | 85 | ||||
| Slovenia | 29 | 34 | 28 | 34 | 35 | 33 | 36 | 45 | 44 | 50 |
| Moscow | 51 | 60 | 59 | 53 | ||||||
| Israel | 224 | 263 | 267 | 265 | 297 | 232 | 303 | 259 | 267 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 157 | 318 | 125.6 |
| 2024 | 160 | 315 | 122.1 |
| 2023 | 161 | 317 | 123.6 |
| 2022 | 151 | 323 | 122.6 |
| 2021 | 137 | 360 | 131.4 |
| 2020 | 145 | 350 | 130.4 |
| 2019 | 139 | 360 | 128.5 |
| 2018 | 151 | 345 | 119.7 |
| 2017 | 159 | 348 | 116.4 |
| 2016 | 157 | 354 | 115.3 |
| 2015 | 203 | 267 | 86.7 |
| 2014 | 166 | 331 | 107.9 |
| 2013 | 189 | 279 | 90.5 |
| 2012 | 176 | 291 | 90.4 |
| 2011 | 195 | 263 | 81.9 |
| 2010 | 235 | 209 | 65.1 |
| 2009 | 235 | 206 | 65.7 |
| 2008 | 250 | 199 | 63.0 |
| 2007 | 243 | 210 | 68.6 |
| 2006 | 254 | 184 | 61.5 |
| 2005 | 244 | 186 | 64.5 |
| 2004 | 230 | 198 | 69.3 |
| 2003 | 245 | 183 | 65.7 |
| 2002 | 259 | 152 | 56.9 |
| 2001 | 259 | 151 | 56.3 |
| 2000 | 242 | 164 | 60.0 |
| 1999 | 212 | 195 | 69.2 |
| 1998 | 216 | 193 | 66.7 |
| 1997 | 217 | 193 | 65.8 |
| 1996 | 247 | 159 | 53.7 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Nina in France since 1925 were born in or after 2011. First recorded in 1925. Her peak year there: 2021, at 568.7 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Nina per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2021 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 Nina
1 in 426 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Nina.
1 in 729 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Nina.
1 in 577 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Nina. Same first letter as Nina.
1 in 728 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Nina.
1 in 571 in Ireland
1 in 3,018 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Nina.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Nina.
1 in 166 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Nina.
1 in 334 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Nina.
1 in 228 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Nina.
Middle names for Nina
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Nina Grace
2-1 beats · initials NG
Changes the beat after Nina: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Nina Olivia
2-4 beats · initials NO · Nina slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Nina: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Nina slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Nina Sophia
2-3 beats · initials NS
Changes the beat after Nina: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Nina Maria
2-3 beats · initials NM
Changes the beat after Nina: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Nina Rose
2-1 beats · initials NR
Changes the beat after Nina: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Nina Emily
2-3 beats · initials NE · Nina slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Nina: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Nina slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Nina Julia
2-3 beats · initials NJ
Changes the beat after Nina: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 1,286 in England and Wales
Nina Miriam
2-3 beats · initials NM
Changes the beat after Nina: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
Same style as Nina
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 852 in Scotland
96% alike: moves with Nina across countries and decades.
1 in 491 in Ireland
96% alike: moves with Nina across countries and decades.
1 in 754 in Ireland
96% alike: moves with Nina across countries and decades.
1 in 577 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Nina across countries and decades.
1 in 571 in Ireland
95% alike: moves with Nina across countries and decades.
1 in 95 in Northern Ireland
95% alike: moves with Nina across countries and decades.
1 in 1,243 in Ireland
95% alike: moves with Nina across countries and decades.
1 in 271 in Ireland
94% alike: moves with Nina across countries and decades.
Famous people named Nina
Nina Badrić, Nina Hagen, Nina Hoss, Nina Sublatti, Nina Berberova, Nina Persson, Nina Kennedy and Nina Kraljić.
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Croatian singer born 1972
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German singer, songwriter, and actress born 1955
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German actress born 1975
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Georgian singer born 1995
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Russian novelist and short story writer (1901–1993)
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Swedish singer (born 1974)
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Australian athlete born 1997
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Croatian singer born 1992
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Nina
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 Nina?
Her best rank is No. 11 in the Netherlands in 2025, about 1 in 128 girls. She is in the published lists of 27 of our 40 regions.
How do you pronounce Nina?
NEE-nuh, with 2 syllables.
Is Nina getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 8 of 25 regions, falling in 9.
Which sister names go with Nina?
The deck's top five sisters for Nina: Lara, Victoria, Naomi, Stella and Sara. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.