Nina is a feminine given name with various origins and alternate spellings accordingly. Nina may also serve as a short form of names ending in "-nina/-ina", such as Clementina, Christina, or Giannina. It serves as a diminutive of the variation of the nevertheless original form of the Hebrew name Johannah, or Joanina.
Nína is an Icelandic name, while Niná is a Sami name. Nina is also a name in multiple South American languages; it means "fire" in Quechua and "fire which will never be extinguished" in Aymara. It also has a relation to the Spanish word "niña", which translates as "little girl".
Given name
Nina Chanel Abney (born 1982), American artist Nina Abe (born 2007), Polish footballer Nina Abramova (born 1949), Russian rower Nina Avgustinovna Adolf (1903–1951), Russian botanist Nina Afanasyeva (born 1939), Russian-Sami politician and language activist Nina Agadzhanova (1889–1974), Soviet revolutionary, screenwriter and film director Nina Agapova (1926–2021), Russian actress Nina Agdal (born 1992), Danish model Nina Ahlstedt, Finnish painter Nina Ahmad, American politician Nina Aigner (born 1980), Austrian footballer Nina Akamu, Japanese-American artist Nina Albert, American urban planner Nina Albright (1907–1997), American comic book artist Nina Aleshina (1924–2012), Russian architect Nina Alisova (1915–1996), Russian actress Nina Allan (born 1966), British writer Nina E. Allender (1873–1957), American cartoonist and activist Nina Alovert (born 1935), Russian photographer Nina Amir (born 1999), Israeli sports sailor Nina Ananiashvili (born 1963), Georgian ballerina Nina Nymark Andersen (born 1972), Norwegian footballer Nina Andreyeva (1938–2020), Soviet Communist Party official
Nina Andriievska (1927–2014), Ukrainian composer and musicologist Nina Andrycz (1912–2014), Polish actress Nina Angelovska (born 1988), Macedonian politician Nina Anisimova (disambiguation), multiple people Nina Ansaroff (born 1985), American mixed martial artist Nina Ansary (born 1966), Iranian-American historian Nina Antonia (born 1960), British author Nina Appel (born 1936), American lawyer Nina Arbore (1888–1942), Romanian painter and illustrator Nina Arianda (born 1984), American actress Nina Arkhipova (1921–2016), Soviet and Russian actress Nina Armagno (born 1966), U. S. Space Force general Nina Arsenault (born 1974), Canadian performance artist and freelance writer Nina Arvesen (born 1961), American actress Nina Frick Asenjo (1884–c. 1963), Chilean pianist and composer Nina Assimakopoulos, American recording artist and professor Nina Åström (born 1962), Finnish singer Nina Auchincloss Straight (born 1937), American author, journalist and socialite Nina Auerbach (1943–2017), American professor Nina Averina (born 1935), Russian journalist, local historian and poet Nina Axelrod (born 1955), American actress Nina Baanders-Kessler (1915–2002), Dutch sculptor and medalist Nina Babel, German physician and scientist Nina Baden-Semper (born 1945), British actress Nina Badrić (born 1972), Croatian singer Nina Baginskaya (born 1946), Belarusian opposition activist Nina Balaban (born 1995), Macedonian sports shooter Nina Bandelj, economic sociologist, author and academic Nina Bang (1866–1928), Danish politician Nina Banks, American economist Nina Bari (1901–1961), Russian mathematician Nina Barough, British charity founder Nina Barr Wheeler (1909–1978), American artist Nina Bassuk (born 1952), American academic Nina Bates (born 1985), Bosnian figure skater Nina Bawden (1925–2012), British author Nina Baym (1936–2018), American literary critic Nina Beachcroft (born 1931), English writer Nina Becker (born 1974), Brazilian singer-songwriter Nina Bednarik (born 1982), Slovenian freestyle skier Nina Behrendt (born 1983), German politician Nina Beilina (1937–2018), Russian violinist and academic Nina Belikova (born 1961), Russian long-distance runner Nina Belyaeva, Russian public policy researcher and professor Nina Ben Ami, Israeli diplomat Nina Bendigkeit, German singer Nina Benz (born 1998), German cross-country mountain biker Nina Berberova (1901–1993), Russian author Nina Bergsvik (born 1973), Norwegian sprint canoer Nina Berkhout, Canadian poet and novelist Nina Berman (born 1960), American photographer Nina Bernstein, American journalist Nina Berova, professor of chemistry Nina Berova-Orahovac (1859–1945), Bessarabian- Bulgarian physician Nina Bertini-Humphreys, American actress Nina Berton (born 2001), Luxembourgish cyclist Nina Betschart (born 1995), Swiss volleyball player Nina Bichuya (born 1937), Ukrainian writer Nina Bjedov (born 1971), Serbian basketball player Nina Bjerkedal (born 1953), Norwegian civil servant Nína Björk Árnadóttir (1941–2000), Icelandic playwright, poet and novelist Nina Björk (born 1967), Swedish author Nina Björnström, Finnish beauty pageant winner Nina Blackwood (born 1955), American disc jockey Nina Bland (born 1959), Canadian athlete Nina Bloomgarden (born 1998), American actress Nina Bocharova (1924–2020), Ukrainian gymnast Nina Bodnar, American concert violinist Nina Bogićević (born 1989), Serbian basketball player Nina Bohm (born 1958), Swedish tennis player Nina Gomer Du Bois (1870–1950), American civil rights activist Nina Yang Bongiovi, American film producer Nina Bonner (born 1972), Australian field hockey player Nina Bott (born 1978), German actress Nina Boucicault (1867–1950), English actress Nina Bourne (1916–2010), publishing executive Nina Bovasso, American artist Nina Floy Bracelin (1890–1973), American botanist Nina Bracewell-Smith (born 1955), British aristocrat Nina Bradley (disambiguation), multiple people Nina Bradlin, American singer and stage actress Nina Bratchikova (born 1985), Russian tennis player Nina Starr Braunwald (1928–1992), American surgeon Nina Breeder (born 1982), Italian film director Nina Brodskaya (born 1949), Soviet singer Nina Brosh (born 1975), Israeli model Nina Brown (1915–2018), British–American tennis player Nina Brown Baker (1888–1957), author of biographies Nina Browne, American librarian and archivist Nina Broznić (born 1991), Croatian cross-country skier Nina Brunner (born 1995), Swiss beach volleyball player Nina Brusnikova (born 1960), hero of the Russian Federation Nina Buchmann (born 1965), German plant ecologist Nina Buijsman (born 1997), Dutch cyclist Nina Bulatović (born 1996), Montenegrin handballer Nina Bunjevac (born 1973), Serbian Canadian cartoonist Nina Burger (born 1987), Austrian footballer Nina Burleigh (born c. 1959 or 1960), American journalist Nina Buysman (born 1997), Dutch cyclist Nina Byers (1930–2014), American physicist Nina Byron (1900–1987), American silent film actress Nina Bystrova (1944–2011), Soviet rower Nina Caicedo (born 1986), Colombian actress Nina Canell, Swedish visual artist Nina Carberry (born 1984), Irish jockey Nina Beth Cardin, American writer, activist and rabbi Nina Carroll (1932–1990), British painter Nina Castagna (born 2000), American rower Nina Catach, French linguist and linguistic historian Nina Cheremisina (born 1946), Russian rower Nina Mikhailovna Chernovna (1935–2010), Russian scientist, soil zoologist and ecologist Nina Christen (born 1994), Swiss sports shooter Nina Christesen (1911–2001), Russian-born Australian academic in Russian language studies Nina Christiansen (born 1964), Danish long-distance runner Nina Clarkin, British polo player Nina Clifford (1851–1929), Canadian-American madam Nina Cohen (1907–1991), Canadian philanthropist Nina Coltart (1927–1997), British psychoanalyst Nina Companeez (1937–2015), French screenwriter and film director Nina Compton (born 1978), St. Lucian chef based in Louisiana Nina Conti (born 1973), British actress Nina Coolman (born 1991), Belgian volleyball player Nina Coote (1883–1945), English-born Irish croquet player Nina Corti (born 1953), Swiss flamenco dancer Nina Crews (born 1963), American children's writer Nina Crone (1934–2007), Australian gardening writer, broadcaster, teacher and school principal Nina Crummy, British archaeologist Nina J. Cullinan (1899–1983), American art patron and civic leader Nina Curtis (born 1988), Australian sailor Nina Cutro-Kelly (born 1984), American judoka Nina Czegledy, Hungarian-born Canadian artist Nina da Hora, Afro-Brazilian activist Nina Daniels (born 1982), New Zealand synchronised swimmer Nina Dano (born 2000), Swedish handball player Nina Davies (disambiguation), multiple people Nina Davis (disambiguation), multiple people Nina Davuluri (born 1989), American public speaker and Miss America 2014 Nina de Creeft Ward (born 1933), American artist and educator Nina Demme (1902–1977), Soviet biologist and polar researcher Nina den Heyer (born 1978), Dutch politician Nina Derwael (born 2000), Belgian gymnast Nina de Vries (born 1961), Dutch sex worker Nina L. Diaz, Viacom executive Nina Dittrich (born 1990), Austrian swimmer Nina Divíšková (1936–2021), Czech actress Nina Dobrushina (born 1968), Russian linguist Nina Dorda (1924–2016), Soviet singer Nina Dorliak (1908–1998), Russian soprano Nina Doroh (fl. 1970s), Belarusian sprint canoer Nina Doroshina (1934–2018), Soviet and Russian actress Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton (1878–1951), British noblewoman Nina Dronkers, American cognitive neuroscientist Nina Dübbers (born 1980), German tennis player Nina Dudarova (1903–1992), Romani poet and translator Nina Dudnik, American founder and former CEO of Seeding Labs Nina Dumbadze (1919–1983), Georgian-Ukrainian discus thrower Nina Đurđević (born 1991), Slovene model and Miss Universe Slovenia 2013 Nina Larrey Duryea (1874–1951), American writer Nina Dyakonova (1915–2013), Russian researcher and professor Nina Dyer (1930–1965), Anglo-Indian model and socialite Nina Easton (born 1958), American journalist Nina Edge, English ceramicist, feminist and writer Nina Ehegötz (born 1997), German footballer Nina Ehrnrooth (born 1962), Finnish alpine skier Nina Eichinger (born 1981), German television presenter and actress Nina Eim (born 1998), German triathlete Nina Einhorn (1925–2002), Polish-born Swedish physician and cancer researcher Nina Eisenhardt (born 1990), German politician Nina Elder (born 1981), American artist Nina F. Elgo (born 1962), American judge from Connecticut Nina Epton (c. 1913–2010), British radio producer, broadcaster and travel writer Nina Etkin (1948–2009), American anthropologist and botanist Nina Fagnani, French painter Nina Fedoroff (born 1942), American molecular biologist Nina Fefferman (born 1978), American revolutionary biologist Nina Fellman (born 1964), Ålandic politician Nina Felshin (born 1944), American art historian Nina Fernandes (born 1999), Brazilian singer-songwriter Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir (born 1974), Icelandic actress and producer Nina Fiore, American television writer and producer Nina Fisheva (1930–2010), Azerbaijani art administrator Nina Fishman (1946–2009), American-born English labour movement historian and political activist Nina Maria Fite, American diplomat Nina Fjalestad (born 1993), Norwegian model, dancer and beauty pageant titleholder Nina Foch (1924–2008), Dutch-American actress Nina Fout (born 1959), American equestrian Nina Mae Fowler, British artist Nina Foxx, American dramatist Nina Franke, Dutch sprinter Nina Franoszek (born 1963), German-American actress Nina Frausing-Pedersen (born 1991), Danish women's footballer Nina Freeman (born 1990), American video game designer Nina Frisak (born 1950), Norwegian judge and civil servant Nina Frolova (born 1948), Soviet rowing cox Nina Fry, English actress Nina Schanke Funnemark, Norwegian civil servant Nina Fyodorova (1947–2019), Soviet skier Nina Gabrielyan (1953–2026), Russian-Armenian writer and artist Nina Gage (1883–1946), American nursing administrator Nina Gagen-Torn (1900–1986), Swedish-Russian ethnographer Nina Gantert (born 1962), Swiss and German probability theorist Nina Gantz (born 1987), Dutch animation film director Nina Garbiras (born 1964), American actress