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Minna

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Female Female Name

Usage

Finland Finnish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

1) Old High German minn[e]a = 'love' (see also MINN) [1] [2]

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2) Frisian short form of Old German names beginning with Mein- , Old High German magan/megin = 'strength', see MAGN [3] [2]

3) Variant form of Mina [3] [2] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Related Names

Minna ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Faroese Finish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Minná ♀
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Sami
Minnah ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Norwegian Swedish
Minne ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Finish Swedish

See also Minnie, Minou

Combinations

For combinations see MINN and MAGN

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Minnuson Faroe Islands Iceland

Female

Minnudóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Minna
Genitive: Minnas
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Minna
Accusative: Minnu
Dative: Minnu
Genitive: Minnu
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Minna
Genitive: Minnan
Partitive: Minnaa
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Minna
Accusative: Minnu
Dative: Minnu
Genitive: Minnu
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Minna
Genitive: Minnas
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Minna
Genitive: Minnas

Name Days

Finland Finland

26 May

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

26 May

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

Trivia

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Finland Finland[13]
n.a.
 31170
n.a.
 31170 0 0
Sweden Sweden[14]
3442 4357 3442 4355 0 2
Denmark Denmark[15]
1651
n.a.
 1651
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[16]
3 5
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[17]
0 3
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[18]
130
n.a.
 130
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Minna (f) Sources: [14][15][18][13]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Minna (f) Sources: [19]


References

  1. ↑ Dr. Ernst Förstemann: Altdeutsches namenbuch (1856)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  4. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  10. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  11. ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  12. ↑ IKEA 2016, http://www.ikea.com/
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  16. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  17. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  19. ↑ details see Name Statistic tables
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