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/ˈnɑːnə/, /ˈnana/, /naˈna/ Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, India, Korea, Japan |
Nana is a given name that has different origins in several countries across the world. Its use as a feminine or masculine name varies culturally. It is feminine in Japan, Korea, Georgia and Greece, masculine in Ethiopia and India, and epicene in Ghana. In Georgia, Nana is the fifth most popular given name for girls. In Ghana, among the Akan people, particularly the Akyem, Ashanti and Akuapim peoples, Nana is used as the title of a monarch to signify their status. Furthermore, the stool name of kings and queens is always preceded by Nana. Non-royal Ghanaian people also use Nana as a given name. In some cases, they may adopt the name Nana, if they have been named after a monarch. In Ghana, one can respectfully refer to a King or Queen as Nana without mentioning their full name.
Nana Ama McBrown (born 1980), a Ghanaian actress
Nana Bryant (1888–1955), an American film actress
Nana Jorjadze (born 1948), a Georgian film director and scriptwriter
Nana Eikura (born 1988), a Japanese model and actress
Nana Gbewonyo (born 1980), a Ghanaian actor
Nana Katase (born 1981), a Japanese actress
Nana Ozaki (actress), a Japanese actress
Nana Palsikar (1907–1984), an Indian film actor
Nana Patekar (born 1951), an Indian actor and filmmaker
Nana Visitor (born 1957), an American actress
Nana Yamaguchi (born 1938), a Japanese voice actress
Nana Yanagisawa (born 1987), a Japanese actress and fashion model
Nana Haruta (born 1985), a Japanese manga artist
Nana Meskhidze (1936–1997), a Georgian artist-painter
Nana Caymmi (born 1941), a Brazilian singer
Nana Gualdi (1932–2007), a German singer and actress
Nana Hedin (born 1968), a Swedish singer
Nana Kitade (born 1987), a Japanese J-Rock singer
Nana Mizuki (born 1980), a Japanese voice actress and singer
Nana Mouskouri (born 1934), a Greek singer
Nana Kwame Abrokwa (born 1968), a German rapper and DJ
Nana Tanimura (born 1987), a Japanese pop singer
Naná Vasconcelos (1944-2016), a Brazilian Latin jazz percussionist, vocalist and berimbau player
Im Jin-ah (stage name "Nana") (born 1991), South Korean singer and member of girl group After School.
Nana Akufo-Addo (born 1944), a Ghanaian politician and diplomat
Nana (Apache) (1800?-1896), a Chiricahua Apache leader
Nana Effah-Apenteng, the Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations
Nana Fadnavis (1742–1800), an influential minister and statesman of the Maratha Empire in Pune, India
Nana of Iberia, a 4th-century Georgian queen
Nana Olomu (1852–1916), an Itsekiri chief and merchant from the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria
Nana Osei Bonsu II (born 1939), the regent of the Ashanti Kingdom
Nana Owusu-Nsiah, a Ghanaian diplomat and ambassador
Nana Patil (1900-1976), an Indian independence activist
Nana Sahib (1824-?), an Indian leader during the rebellion of 1857
Nana Sir Ofori Atta I (born 1881-1943), a King of Akyem Abuakwa in 1912
Nana Dharmadhikari (1922–2008), an Indian spiritual guru
Nana of Pécs, a 12th-century bishop in the Kingdom of Hungary
Nana Alexandria (born 1949), a Georgian chess Grandmaster
Nana Arhin Duah (born 1980), a Ghanaian football player
Nana Attakora (born 1989), a Canadian football player
Nana Eshun (born 1969), a Ghanaian football player
Nana Eshun (born 1982), a Ghanaian football player
Nana Falemi, a Romanian-Cameroonian football player
Nana Ioseliani (born 1962), a Georgian chess player
Nana Iwasaka (born 1990), a Japanese volleyball player
Nana Joshi (1926–1987), a cricketer
Nana Konadu (born 1964), a retired Ghanaian boxer
Nana Kuffour (born 1985), a Ghanaian-American soccer player
Nana Miyagi (born 1971), a Japanese American tennis player
Nana Ofori-Twumasi (born 1990), a professional Ghanaian-born English footballer
Nana Takeda (born 1988), a Japanese figure skater
Nana Asma’u (1793–1864), a poet, teacher and a revered figure in northern Nigeria
Nana Chudasama, an eminent jurist, former mayor and Sheriff of Mumbai
Nana Natsume (born 1980), a Japanese award-winning former AV idol and celebrity
Nana Ozaki, a Japanese gravure idol
Manga: +Anima
Anime series Elfen Lied
Nana Osaki, a character in the Japanese manga Nana
Nana Komatsu (Nana), a character in the Japanese manga Nana
Character in Cyborg Kuro-chan
a character in Battle Angel Alita
Nana Sendo, a character in the anime series Crash B-Daman
Nana April Jun, one of the personae of Christofer Lämgren, a Swedish artist
Nana Dawson, a character in Heroes
Nana McQueen, a character in Hollyoaks
Nana Moon, a character in the popular British BBC soap opera EastEnders
Nana Oyl, the mother of cartoon character Olive Oyl
Nana, the Newfoundland dog nurse of Wendy, John and Michael in Peter Pan
A main and playable character in the video game series Ice Climber and Super Smash Bros.
A minor recurring character from Grandia 1
An artificial Earth satellite in Teletraan I universe
A character in the Transformers universe
Nana, the protagonist of Émile Zola's novel, Nana
Kim Nana, a character in the Korean drama City Hunter
"Nana" (Norma Speakman), a character in BBC sitcom The Royle Family
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