Mina is a given name with a variety of origins.
Mina , Mena or Meina 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, Minah, Meena ( Arabic: مِينَا mīnā) is an Arabic female given name transformed from the female given name " Amina", but perhaps the Arabic "Mina" is the Persian " Mina" which bears the meaning "stained (tinted) glass mirror", artistic paint (also generic name for enamel or varnish) for porcelain and metal.
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.
Mina is a unisex name which means the month of March in the Cambodian language, Khmer. [1] It is written មីនា.
Meena is an Indian female given name. The name is derived from Hindi मैना maina ultimately from Sanskrit मदन madana-s, which means "joyful". [2]
Mina is a Japanese feminine given name. It may be written various ways in kanji, including 美 奈, 美 那, 南 and 未 菜. [3]
Mina | |
Hangul | 민아 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Min-a |
McCune–Reischauer | Mina |
Alternative spelling | |
Hangul | 미나 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Mi-na |
McCune–Reischauer | Mina |
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. [4]
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. [4]
Mina ( Persian: مینا mīnā) is a female given name in Iran, meaning " azure", "azure sky", "blue ( decanter) or glass", "glass bead", or "enamel". Mina is also another name of lapis lazuli ( Persian: لاجورد lājward, colloquially "lāzward")
Mina is also the name for the birds mockingbird or myna ('morgh-e-mina' [ Persian: مرغِ مينا murgh-i mīnā, literal meaning "Mina bird"]), which easily repeats many sounds like a human voice and the name of the flower marguerite (marguerite daisy) ("gol-e-mina" [ Persian: گلِ مينا gul-i mīnā, literal meaning "Mina flower"]). [5]
The Turkish spelling of the name is Mine.
Mina or Meena ( Pashto: مینه) means "love" in Pashto, an Eastern Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and the Pashtun Diaspora of Pakistan, [6] which is the feminine noun for the word "lover" – the masculine form is "māyan میين". Although no source of it as used in a name except for the Persian " Mina". See Meena (disambiguation)
Mina can be a short form of the feminine names Wilhelmina, Hermina or Assimina (in the case of Greek names).
Mina is a given name with a variety of origins.
Mina , Mena or Meina 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, Minah, Meena ( Arabic: مِينَا mīnā) is an Arabic female given name transformed from the female given name " Amina", but perhaps the Arabic "Mina" is the Persian " Mina" which bears the meaning "stained (tinted) glass mirror", artistic paint (also generic name for enamel or varnish) for porcelain and metal.
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.
Mina is a unisex name which means the month of March in the Cambodian language, Khmer. [1] It is written មីនា.
Meena is an Indian female given name. The name is derived from Hindi मैना maina ultimately from Sanskrit मदन madana-s, which means "joyful". [2]
Mina is a Japanese feminine given name. It may be written various ways in kanji, including 美 奈, 美 那, 南 and 未 菜. [3]
Mina | |
Hangul | 민아 |
---|---|
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Min-a |
McCune–Reischauer | Mina |
Alternative spelling | |
Hangul | 미나 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Mi-na |
McCune–Reischauer | Mina |
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. [4]
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. [4]
Mina ( Persian: مینا mīnā) is a female given name in Iran, meaning " azure", "azure sky", "blue ( decanter) or glass", "glass bead", or "enamel". Mina is also another name of lapis lazuli ( Persian: لاجورد lājward, colloquially "lāzward")
Mina is also the name for the birds mockingbird or myna ('morgh-e-mina' [ Persian: مرغِ مينا murgh-i mīnā, literal meaning "Mina bird"]), which easily repeats many sounds like a human voice and the name of the flower marguerite (marguerite daisy) ("gol-e-mina" [ Persian: گلِ مينا gul-i mīnā, literal meaning "Mina flower"]). [5]
The Turkish spelling of the name is Mine.
Mina or Meena ( Pashto: مینه) means "love" in Pashto, an Eastern Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and the Pashtun Diaspora of Pakistan, [6] which is the feminine noun for the word "lover" – the masculine form is "māyan میين". Although no source of it as used in a name except for the Persian " Mina". See Meena (disambiguation)
Mina can be a short form of the feminine names Wilhelmina, Hermina or Assimina (in the case of Greek names).