Nina (name)

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 nevertheless original form of Hebrew name, “Johannah”, or “Joanina”.

Nína is an Icelandic name, while Niná is a Sami name. It also has a relation to the Spanish word "niña", which translates as "little girl" and has several meanings in various Native American languages, such as "strong".

Given name

 * Nina Chanel Abney (born 1982), American artist
 * Nina Afanasyeva (born 1939), Russian-Sami politician and language activist
 * Nina Agapova (1926–2021), Russian actress
 * Nina Agdal (born 1992), Danish model
 * 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 Anisimova (dancer) (1909–1979), Russian dancer and choreographer
 * Nina Anisimova (triathlete) (born 1973), Russian athlete
 * Nina Ansaroff (born 1985), American mixed martial artist
 * Nina Antonia (born 1960), British author
 * Nina Arianda (born 1984), American actress
 * Nina Arsenault (born 1974), Canadian performance artist and freelance writer
 * Nina Arvesen (born 1961), American actress
 * Nina Åström (born 1962), Finnish singer
 * Nina Auerbach (1943–2017), American professor
 * Nina Averina (born 1935), Russian journalist, local historian and poet
 * Nina Axelrod (born 1955), American actress
 * Nina Baden-Semper (born 1945), British actress
 * Nina Badrić (born 1972), Croatian singer
 * Nina Bang (1866–1928), Danish politician
 * Nina Bari (1901–1961), Russian mathematician
 * Nina Barr Wheeler (1909–1978), American artist
 * Nina Bates (born 1985), Bosnian figure skater
 * Nina Bawden (1925–2012), British author
 * Nina Bendigkeit, German singer
 * Nina Berberova (1901–1993), Russian author
 * Nina Berman (born 1960), American photographer
 * Nina Betschart (born 1995), Swiss volleyball player
 * Nina Bjedov (born 1971), Serbian basketball player
 * Nina Björk (born 1967), Swedish author
 * Nina Blackwood (born 1955), American disc jockey
 * Nina Bocharova (1924–2020), Ukrainian gymnast
 * 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 Bracewell-Smith (born 1955), British thoracic aristocrat
 * Nina Bratchikova (born 1985), Russian tennis player
 * Nina Starr Braunwald (1928–1992), American surgeon
 * Nina Brosh (born 1975), Israeli model
 * 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 Carberry (born 1984), Irish jockey
 * Nina Carroll (1932–1990), British painter
 * Nina Cheremisina (born 1946), Russian former rower
 * Nina Clifford (1851–1929), Canadian-American madam
 * Nina Companeez (1937–2015), French screenwriter and film director
 * Nina Conti (born 1973), British actress
 * Nina Coltart (1927–1997), British psychoanalyst
 * Nina Coolman (born 1991), Belgian volleyball player
 * Nina Crone (1934–2007), Australian gardening writer, broadcaster, teacher and school principal
 * Nina Curtis (born 1988), Australian sailor
 * Nina Daniels (born 1982), New Zealand synchronised swimmer
 * Nina Davies (cyclist) (born 1974), Welsh cyclist
 * Nina Davuluri (born 1989), American public speaker and Miss America 2014
 * Nina Derwael (born 2000), Belgian gymnast
 * Nina de Vries (born 1961), Dutch sex worker
 * Nina Dittrich (born 1990), Austrian swimmer
 * Nina Doroh (fl. 1970s), Belarusian sprint canoer
 * Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton (1878–1951), British noblewoman
 * Nina Dübbers (born 1980), German tennis player
 * 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 Easton (born 1958), American journalist
 * Nina Ehrnrooth (born 1962), Finnish alpine skier
 * Nina Elias-Bamberger (1954–2002), American television producer
 * Nina Etkin (1948–2009), American anthropologist and botanist
 * Nina Fedoroff (born 1942), American molecular biologist
 * Nina Fellman (born 1964), Ålandic politician
 * Nina Foch (1924–2008), Dutch-American actress
 * Nina Frolova (born 1948), Soviet rowing cox
 * Nina Fyodorova (1947–2019), Soviet skier
 * Nina Gäßler (born 1975), German mountain biker and rower
 * Nina Garsoïan (1923–2022), American historian
 * Nina Gavrylyuk (born 1965), Russian cross-country skier
 * Nina Genke-Meller (1893–1954), Russian artist
 * Princess Nina of Greece and Denmark (born 1987), Swiss businesswoman
 * Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia (1901–1974), Russian Princess
 * Nina Gerber, American guitarist
 * Nina Gerhard (born 1974), German Eurodance singer
 * Nina Gershon (born 1940), American judge
 * Nina Girado (full name Marifil Nina Barinos Girado-Enriquez, born 1980), Filipina singer
 * Nina Godiwalla (born 1975), American author and businesswoman
 * Nina Gold, British casting director
 * Nina Gopova (born 1953), Russian canoer
 * Nina Gordon (born 1967), American rock singer
 * Nina Grebeshkova (born 1930), Russian actress
 * Nina Grewal (born 1958), Canadian politician
 * Nina Grieg, née Hagerup (1845–1935), Norwegian lyric soprano
 * Nina Gruzintseva (1934–2021), Russian canoer
 * Nina Hamnett (1890–1956), British artist
 * Nina Harmer (married name Nina Thompson, born 1945), American swimmer
 * Nina Hasselmann (born 1986), German field hockey player
 * Nina Haver-Løseth (born 1989), Norwegian alpine skier
 * Nina Kiriki Hoffman (born 1955), American novelist
 * Nina Holmén (born 1951), Finnish long-distance athlete
 * Nina Hoss (born 1975), German actress
 * Nina Hossain (born 1973), British journalist
 * Nina Humphreys, British composer
 * Nina Hunt (1932–1995), Manx choreographer
 * Nina Ivanišin (born 1985), Slovenian actress
 * Nina Jablonski (born 1953), American anthropologist and palaeobiologist
 * Nina Jacobson (born 1965), American film executive
 * Nina Moore Jamieson (1885–1932), Canadian writer
 * Nina Jeriček (born 1984), Slovenian handballer
 * Nina Johnsen, Norwegian cyclist
 * Nina Kamenik (born 1985), German ice hockey player
 * Nina Kasniunas (born 1972), American political scientist and writer
 * Nina Katchadourian (born 1968), American artist
 * Nina Kemppel (born 1970), American cross-country skier
 * Nina Kessler (born 1988), Dutch cyclist
 * Nina Khachaturyan (1931–2020), Russian historian
 * Nina Khadzhiyankova (born 1963), Bulgarian basketball player
 * Nina Kinert (born 1983), Swedish musician
 * Nina Klenovska (born 1980), Bulgarian biathlete
 * Nina Kolarič (born 1986), Slovenian athlete
 * Nina Kolundžić (born 1990), Serbian handball player
 * Nina Koshetz (1891–1965), Ukrainian opera singer
 * Nina Kostroff Noble (born 1959), American television producer
 * Nina Kotova (born 1969), Russian cellist
 * Nina Kpaho (born 1996), Ivorian footballer
 * Nina Kraft (born 1968), German triathlete
 * Nina Kraljić (born 1992), Croatian singer-songwriter
 * Nina Kraus, American neuroscientist
 * Nina Kraviz (born 1989), Russian DJ
 * Nina Kulagina (1926–1990), Russian psychokineticist
 * Nina Kuscsik (born 1939), American long-distance athlete
 * Nina Lagergren (1921–2019), Swedish businesswoman and half-sister of Raoul Wallenberg
 * Nina Lawson (1926–2008), Scottish wig maker
 * Nina Laden (born 1962), American author and commercial illustrator of children's books
 * Nina Frances Layard (1853–1935), English poet, prehistorian, archaeologist and antiquary
 * Nina Lemesh (born 1973), Ukrainian biathlete
 * Nina Li Chi (born 1961), Hong Kong actress
 * Nina Ligon (born 1991), Thai equestrian
 * Nina Lobkovskaya (born 1925), Russian sniper
 * Nina Lobova (born 1957), Ukrainian handball athlete
 * Nina Lola Bachhuber (born 1971), German artist
 * Nina Lussi (born 1994), American ski jumper
 * Nina Makarova (1908–1976), Russian composer
 * Nina Makino (born 2005), American-Japanese idol singer and former child actress, member of the group NiziU
 * Nina Manucharyan (1885–1972), Armenian film actress
 * Nina Marković, Croatian physicist and professor
 * Nina Matsumoto (born 1984), Japanese-Canadian cartoonist
 * Nina Matviyenko (1947–2023), Ukrainian singer
 * Nina McClelland (1930–2020), American chemist
 * Nina Mae McKinney (1912–1967), American actress
 * Nina Menkes (born 1955), American filmmaker
 * Nina Meurisse, French actress
 * Nina Milliken, American politician
 * Nina Miranda (born 1970), Brazilian singer
 * Nina Morić (born 1976), Croatian fashion model
 * Nina Morgunova (born 1951), Russian middle-distance athlete
 * Nina Morozova (born 1989), Russian sprint hurdle athlete
 * Nina Morrison (born 2000), Australian Australian rules footballer
 * Nina Mozer (born 1964), Russian ice-skating coach
 * Nina Müller (born 1980), German handball player
 * Nina Muradyan (born 1954), Armenian volleyball player
 * Nina Myskow (born 1946), Scottish journalist
 * Nina Nadira (born 1992), Malaysian singer and actress
 * Nina Nannar, British Asian journalist
 * Nina Nastasia (born 1966), American singer-songwriter
 * Nina Nesbitt (born 1994), Scottish singer and songwriter
 * Nina Norshie (born 2001), Ghanaian footballer
 * Nina Kamto Njitam (born 1983), Cameroonian handball player
 * Nina Olivette (1907–1971), American actress and dancer
 * Nina Otkalenko (1928–2015), Russian middle-distance athlete
 * Nina Paley (born 1968), American cartoonist and animator
 * Nina Paw (born 1949), Hong Kong actress
 * Nina Pekerman (born 1977), Israeli triathlete
 * Nina Persson (born 1974), Swedish singer
 * Nina Petković (born 1981), Montenegrin singer and television personality
 * Nina Petrova (1893–1945), Russian sniper
 * Nina Petushkova (born 1992), Russian figure skater
 * Nina Ponomaryova (1929–2016), Russian discus athlete
 * Nina Potočnik (born 1997), Slovenian tennis player
 * Nina Preobrazhenskaya (born 1956), Ukrainian rower
 * Nina Proll (born 1974), Austrian actress
 * Nina Proskura (born 1974), Ukrainian rower
 * Nina Wilcox Putnam (1888–1962), American writer
 * Nina Quartero (1908–1985), American actress
 * Nina Raine, English theatre director and playwright
 * Nina Rangelova (born 1999), Bulgarian swimmer
 * Nina Raspopova (1913–2009), Russian pilot
 * Nina Reithmayer (born 1984), Austrian luger
 * Nina Repeta (born 1967), American actress
 * Nina Revoyr (born 1969), American novelist
 * Nina Ricci (1883–1970), French-Italian fashion designer
 * Nina Rillstone (born 1975), New Zealand long-distance athlete
 * Nina Robertson (born 1996), Australian beauty queen
 * Nina Rocheva (1948–2022), Russian cross-country skier
 * Nina Rønsted, Danish botanist
 * Nina Rosenwald, American political activist and philanthropist
 * Nina Rosić (born 1990), Serbian volleyball player
 * Nina Roth (born 1988), American curler
 * Nina Ruslanova (1945–2021), Russian actress
 * Nina Saeedyokota (born 1994), Japanese gymnast
 * Nina Sandberg (born 1967), Norwegian politician
 * Nina Seničar (born 1985), Serbian actress and model
 * Nina Sevening (1885–1958), English stage actress
 * Nina Shatskaya (born 1966), Russian singer and actress
 * Nina Siciliana, Italian poet
 * Nina Simone (1933–2003), American singer, composer and civil rights activist
 * Nina Simonovich-Efimova (1877–1948), Russian artist and puppeteers
 * Nina Smoleyeva (born 1948), Russian volleyball player
 * Nina Snaith, British mathematician
 * Nina Søby (born 1956), Norwegian cyclist
 * Nina Solheim (born 1979), Norwegian taekwondo practitioner
 * Nina Sosanya (born 1969), English actress
 * Nina Sosnina (1923–1943), Ukrainian resistance fighter
 * Nina Statkevich (born 1944), Russian speed skater
 * Nina Stemme (born 1963), Swedish singer
 * Nina Stojanović (born 1996), Serbian tennis player
 * Nina Auchincloss Straight (born 1937), American author and journalist
 * Nina Tangri, (fl. 2018–present) Canadian politician
 * Nina Tassler (fl. 2004–2015), American television executive
 * Nina Taylor, Australian politician
 * Nina Tenge, German rapper
 * Nina Teicholz, American journalist
 * Nina Temple (born 1956), British politician
 * Nina Tikkinen (born 1987), Finnish ice hockey player
 * Nina Totenberg (born 1944), American journalist
 * Nina Toussaint-White (born 1985), English actress
 * Nina Turner, (born 1967), American politician
 * Nina Ulanova (born 1978), Russian ice skater
 * Nina Ulyanenko (1923–2005), Russian navigator and pilot
 * Nina Umanets (born 1956), Ukrainian rower
 * Nina Usatova (born 1951), Russian actress
 * Nina van Pallandt (born 1932), Danish singer (of Nina & Frederik) and actress
 * Nina Vance (1914–1980), American entrepreneur
 * Nina Vanna, stage name of Nina Yazykova Kind Hakim Provatoroff (1899–1953), Belarusian actress
 * Nina Veselova (1922–1960), Russian painter
 * Nina Violić (born 1972), Croatian actress
 * Nina Vislova (born 1986), Russian badminton player
 * Nina Wadia (born 1968), British actress
 * Nina Wang, (born Kung Yu Sum, 1937–2007), Chinese billionaire
 * Nina Wayne (born 1943), American actress
 * Nina Weckström (born 1979), Finnish badminton player
 * Nina Woodford (born 1971), Swedish songwriter
 * Nina Young (born 1966), Australian actress
 * Nina Žabjek (born 1998), Slovenian handball player
 * Nina Zagat, of Tim and Nina Zagat, American entrepreneur and publisher
 * Nina Zander (born 1990), German tennis player
 * Nina Zhivanevskaya (born 1977), Russian swimmer
 * Nina Zhuk (born 1934), Russian pair skater
 * Nina Zulić (born 1995), Slovenian handball player
 * Nina Zyuskova (born 1952), Ukrainian middle-distance athlete

Nickname

 * Mizz Nina, professional name of Shazrina binti Azman (born 1980), Malaysian fashion designer
 * Nina (Spanish singer) (born 1932), professional name of Anna Maria Agustí Flores (born 1966), Spanish actress and singer
 * Nina, former ring name of Lisa Mary Moretti, who has also been known as Ivory (wrestler), Tina Ferrari and Tina Moretti (born 1961), American professional wrestler
 * Nina Barka (born Marie Smirsky, 1908–1986), French-Ukrainian artist
 * Nina Bo'nina Brown, stage name of Pierre Leverne Dease (born 1982), American drag performer
 * Nina Bonaparte, pen name of Éléonore-Justine Ruflin (1832–1905), French writer and wife of Prince Pierre-Napoléon Bonaparte
 * Nina Bouraoui, nickname of Yasmina Bouraoui (born 1967), French author
 * Nina Boyle, nickname of Constance Antonina Boyle (1865–1943), British journalist
 * Nina Campbell, nickname of Henrietta Sylvia Campbell (born 1945), English interior designer
 * Nina Carter, (born Penelope Jane Mallett, 1952), English model and singer
 * Nina Cassian, pen name of Renée Annie Cassian-Mătăsaru (1924–2014), Romanian poet, translator, journalist and composer
 * Nina M. Davies, published under the co-pen name N. de Garis Davies (1881–1965), Scottish egyptologist
 * Nina Dobrev, professional name of Nikolina Kamenova Dobreva (born 1989), Bulgarian actress raised in Canada
 * Nina Fedorova, pen name of Antonina Riasanovsky, (1895–1985), Russian author
 * Nina Flowers, stage name of Jorge Luis Flores Sanchez (born 1974), Puerto Rican drag queen and celebrity
 * Nina García, nickname of Ninotchka García (born 1965), Colombian fashion journalist and critic
 * Nina Hagen, nickname of Catharina Hagen (born 1955), German singer
 * Nina Hartley, stage name of Marie Louise Hartman (born 1959), American pornographic actress
 * Nina Las Vegas, stage name of Nina Elizabeth Agzarian (born 1984), Australian radio host, DJ and music producer
 * Nina Liedtke, nickname of Antonina Liedtke, Polish writer and editor
 * Nina Morato (born Stéphanie Morato, 1966), French singer-songwriter
 * Nina Radojičić, nickname of Danica Prodanović (born 1989), Serbian singer
 * Nina Pacari (born María Estela Vega Conejo, 1961), Kichwa/Ecuadorian indigenous leader
 * Nina Pillard, nickname of Cornelia Thayer Livingston Pillard (born 1961), American Judge
 * Nina Ramirez, nickname of Janina Sara Maria Ramirez (born 1980), British historian and TV presenter
 * Nina Rasul, nickname of Santanina Tillah Rasul (born Santanina Centi Tillah, 1930), Filipina politician
 * Nina Ricci (designer) (born Maria Nielli; 1883–1970), Italian fashion designer
 * Nina Salaman, nickname of Paulina Ruth Salaman (1877–1925), British poet and translator
 * Nina Sicilia, nickname of Alejandrina Sicilia Hernández (born 1962), Venezuelan model and Miss International 1985
 * Nina Siemaszko, nickname of Antonina Jadwiga Siemaszko (born 1970), American actress
 * Nina Simone, professional name of Eunice Kathleen Waymon (1933–2003), American singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights activist
 * Nina Sublatti (born Nina Sulaberidze, 1995), Georgian singer, songwriter, calligrapher and model
 * Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (1913–2006), nickname of Elisabeth Magdalena Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, wife of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler
 * Nína Tryggvadóttir, nickname of Jónína Tryggvadóttir (1913–1968), Icelandic artist
 * Nina Tayeb, nickname of Ninet Tayeb (born 1983), Israeli entertainer
 * Nina West, stage name of Andrew Levitt (born 1977), American drag queen, actor and singer
 * Nina Zilli, stage name of Maria Chiara Fraschetta (born 1980), Italian singer-songwriter.

Fictional characters

 * Nina, the main character of Nina Needs to Go!
 * Nina, the title character of Nina's World
 * Nina, a character in the Disney Junior television series Imagination Movers
 * Nina, a Costa Rican Wild Kratts Kids girl from the hybrid/live action series Wild Kratts
 * Nina Ash, from the American television series Angel
 * Nina Azarova, from the American webseries, The OA
 * Nina Bailey, from Home and Away
 * Nina Brown, from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
 * Nina Bulsara, from Doctors
 * Nina Caliente, from the life simulation video games The Sims 2, The Sims 3 and The Sims 4.
 * Nina Callas, from The Clique series of books
 * Nina Campbell, from the American sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun
 * Nina Cortex, from the Crash Bandicoot series of games
 * Nina Cortlandt, from the soap opera All My Children
 * Nina Del Marco, a character in the Netflix series Grand Army
 * Nina Einstein, from the anime Code Geass
 * Nina Flores, from Clifford's Puppy Days
 * Nina Fortner, from Naoki Urasawa's anime Monster
 * Nina Frost, from the book Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
 * Nina Gilbert, from Home and Away
 * Nina Gupta, from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
 * Nina Harper, from the animated series Braceface
 * Nina Harris, from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
 * Nina Jarvis, from the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400
 * Nina Lucas, from the ITV soap opera Coronation Street
 * Nina Mandal, from Coronation Street
 * Nina Martin, a character from House of Anubis
 * Nina Mauricius–Sanders, a character from Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden
 * Nina Myers, a terrorism analyst in the TV series 24
 * Nina Natsume, from the Urara Meirocho
 * Nina Neckerly, a giraffe from Camp Lazlo
 * Nina Olivera, from Home and Away
 * Nina Pickering, werewolf from the TV series Being Human
 * Nina Price, also known as Vampire by Night, a Marvel Comics character
 * Nina Purpleton, female lead character in Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
 * Nina Reeves, from General Hospital
 * Nina Rosario, from Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical In The Heights
 * Nina Sakura, from Ultra Maniac
 * Nina Sayers, from the 2010 film Black Swan
 * Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya, from Anton Chekhov's play The Seagull
 * Nina Sharp, from Fringe
 * Nina Skalka, from the American animated sitcom The Simpsons
 * Nina Swanson, from the anime series Glitter Force (originally named Yui Midorikawa)
 * Nina Thumbell, the daughter of Thumbelina from the Mattel franchise Ever After High
 * Nina Tucker, from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
 * Nina Tucker, from the anime Fullmetal Alchemist
 * Nina Van Horn, from American TV show, Just Shoot Me!
 * Nina van Rooyen, from the book Fiela's Child by Dalene Matthee
 * Nina Vorhees, nickname of Nitia Vorhees, from The Passage
 * Nina Walsh, from Smart_Guy
 * Nina Wáng, from the anime Mai Otome
 * Nina Webster, from the soap opera The Young and the Restless
 * Nina Williams, a fictional assassin from the Tekken series of games
 * Nina Williams, alternate name of Nene Williams, from Neighbours
 * Nina Windia, from the Breath of Fire series of games
 * Nina Yamada, from Mamotte! Lollipop
 * Nina Sergeevna Krilova, former KGB officer in The Americans
 * Nina Zenik, a character in the Six of Crows duology
 * Nina Salazar-Roberts, a main character in the Disney+ TV series, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
 * Nina from You Were Never Really Here, film by Lynne Ramsay
 * Nina the Killer, a character from the creepypasta of the same name

Surname

 * Joe Nina, stage name of Makhosini Henry Xaba, (born 1974), South African singer
 * Julián Apasa Nina, birthname of Túpac Katari (c. 1750–1781), Bolivian rebel
 * Li Nina (born 1983), Chinese aerial skier
 * Lorenzo Nina (1812–1885), Italian prelate
 * Song Nina (born 1980), Chinese volleyball player
 * Ur-Nina (fl. c. 2550 BC–2500 BC), Iraqi king