Minna (given name)

Minna is a feminine name of Germanic origin, meaning courtly love, and is also a diminutive of Wilhelmina. It is now particularly known in Finland and Sweden.

A–F

 * Minna Aalto (born 1965), Finnish sport sailor
 * Minna Aaltonen (1966–2021), Finnish actress
 * Minna Antrim (1861–1950), American writer
 * Minna Arve (born 1974), Finnish politician
 * Minna Atherton (born 2000), Australian competitive swimmer
 * Minna Beckmann-Tube (1881–1964), German painter and opera singer, and wife of Max Beckmann
 * Minna Canth (1844–1897), Finnish writer and social activist
 * Minna Carleton (1847–1918), English novelist
 * Minna Cauer (1841–1922), German educator, journalist and radical activist
 * Minna Citron (1896–1991), American painter and printmaker
 * Minna Cowan (1878–1951), British political activist
 * Minna Craucher (1891–1932), Finnish socialite and spy
 * Minna Everleigh (1866–1948), American brothel owner
 * Minna Fernald (1860–1954), American botanical artist
 * Minna Flake (1886–1958), German physician and socialist

G–M

 * Minna Gale (1869–1944), American stage and film actress
 * Minna Gombell (1892–1973), American stage and film actress
 * Minna Grey (1868–1935), English film actress
 * Minna Haapkylä (born 1973), Finnish film actress
 * Minna B. Hall, American socialite and environmentalist
 * Minna Harkavy (1887–1987), Estonian-American sculptor
 * Minna Heponiemi (born 1977), Swedish footballer
 * Minna Herzlieb (1789–1865), German publisher
 * Minna Hesso (born 1976), Finnish snowboarder
 * Minna Jørgensen (1904–1975), Danish film actress
 * Minna Karhu (born 1971), Finnish freestyle skier
 * Minna Kauppi (born 1982), Finnish orienteer
 * Minna Keal (1909–1999), British composer
 * Minna Keene (1861–1943), German-Canadian portrait photographer
 * Minna Kleeberg (1841–1878), German-American poet
 * Minna Lachs (1907–1993), Austrian educator and memoirist
 * Minna Lammert or Tamm (1852–1921), German operatic mezzo-soprano
 * Minna Lederman (1896–1995), American music writer and editor
 * Minna Lehtola (born 1967), Finnish fencer
 * Minna Lewinson (1897–1938), American journalist
 * Minna Lindgren (born 1963), Finnish writer and journalist
 * Minna Meriluoto (born 1985), Finnish football goalkeeper

N–Z

 * Minna Nieminen (born 1976), Finnish rower
 * Minna Nikkanen (born 1988), Finnish pole vaulter
 * Minna Nystedt (born 1967), Norwegian speed skater
 * Minna Painilainen-Soon (born 1964), Finnish sprinter
 * Minna Palmroth, Finnish professor in computational space physics
 * Minna Peschka-Leutner (1839–1890), Austrian opera singer
 * Minna Planer (1809–1866), German actress and first wife of Richard Wagner
 * Minna Rozen (born 1947), Israeli professor of Jewish history
 * Minna Salami (born 1978), Finnish Nigerian journalist
 * Minna Salmela (born 1971), Finnish freestyle sprint swimmer
 * Minna Sirnö (born 1966), Finnish politician
 * Minna Specht (1879–1961), German educator and socialist
 * Minna Stocks (1846–1928), German painter
 * Minna Sundberg (born 1990), Finnish illustrator and cartoonist
 * Minna Telde (born 1974), Swedish horse rider
 * Minna Turunen (born 1969), Finnish TV and film actress
 * Minna Vehmasto (born 1962), Finnish high jumper
 * Minna Weizmann (1889–?), Russian Jewish doctor
 * Minna Wetlesen (1821–1891), Norwegian educator, teacher and author
 * Minna Wettstein-Adelt (1869–c.1908), German-French journalist and writer
 * Minna of Worms (died 1096), Jewish martyr

Fictional characters

 * Minna Troil, a leading character in Walter Scott's novel The Pirate
 * Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke, a major character in the media franchise Strike Witches
 * Minna Häkkinen, the fictional Prime Minister of Finland in the US TV series Veep, played by Sally Phillips