Nina

Etymology
Borrowed into English in the nineteenth century, apparently from several sources. Many borrowings are of, the name of a Georgian fourth-century saint, also known as Nino, of obscure origin and meaning, possibly connected with the Assyrian king Ninus. Others are of an short form of diminutives like  from  and  from.

Phonologically or orthographically similar names are present in several languages, including Afrikaans, Hindi, Italian, Persian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and some Native American languages. In many of those, it is a nickname for names ending in -ina or -nina.

After Nina Hirschfeld, daughter of American caricaturist ; her name was often concealed in his drawings.

Proper noun

 * 1)  in continuous use since the 19th century.
 * 2) The Babylonian goddess of the watery deep, daughter of Ea.
 * 1) The Babylonian goddess of the watery deep, daughter of Ea.

Translations

 * Belarusian: Ні́на
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Nina
 * Faroese: Nina
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: ნინა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: Ņina
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: నీనా

Noun

 * 1) A hidden message in a cryptic crossword, revealed when the solution has been filled in.

Proper noun

 * 1)  popular in the 1970s and the 1980s

Usage notes
Matronymics
 * son of Nina: 
 * daughter of Nina: 

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1)  popular in the 1970s and the 1980s

Etymology
Associated with and, French pet forms of ,.

Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. From.

Etymology
From, and from given names ending in -nina/-nine.

Proper noun

 * 1)  popular in the 1960s and the 1970s

Etymology
.

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  popular in the 1970s and the 1980s