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Minna (name)

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Minna is female given name. It originates from Hebrew child of earth. In Yiddish Minna (מִּינָא) translates as peaceful. In Germany Minna is a nickname of Wilhelmina or Hermina. It is also a Finnish short form of Vilhelmina. The similar form of Wilma and Willa.

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Nicknames

  • Minnie
  • Mineczka
  • Minka
  • Mina
  • Minttu
  • Minski

    • Name days

  • Czech: 7 April (Hermina) or 7 January (Wilhelmina)
  • Latvia: 14 October
  • Finland 26 May

    • People with the given name

  • Minna Aaltonen (born 1966), Finnish actress
  • Minna Canth (1844–1897), Finnish writer and social activist
  • Minna Citron (1896–1991), American painter
  • Minna Freimane (1853–unknown), Latvian writer
  • Minna Herzlieb (1789-1865), German journalist
  • Minna Mäki-Kala (born c. 1973), Finnish beauty pageant titleholder
  • Minna Planer (1809–1866), German actress
  • Minna Salmela (born 1971), Finnish freestyle swimmer

    • People with the surname

  • Maria Minna (born 1948), Canadian politician

    • Name variants

  • Minna (German), (English), (Danish), (Latvian)
  • Minka (Polish), (Bulgarian)
  • Mína (Czech), (Slovak), (Bulgarian)

    • References

    Minna (name) Wikipedia
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