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Nina????

42 replies

Shashuka · 15/09/2017 07:18

What do people think of the name Nina? What kind of image does in conjure?

And if we love Nina what other names should we consider (girls and boys as we are getting nowhere with boys and only agree on Nina for a girl).

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RatRolyPoly · 15/09/2017 09:08

To me it conjures images of a squishy baby... mine! Great name Grin

I liked it because it didn't conjure a particular kind of person to me, whereas most girls names do. I thought it was quite a nice blank slate for dd to really make her own.

Jooni · 15/09/2017 09:02

Also Heidi, Lotta, Anya

Bubblesoup · 15/09/2017 08:33

Lovely!

Pippa
Tamara
Rowena
Melissa
Sasha
Polly
Lottie
Tessa
Erena
Annie
Kirsty

Nathan/Nate
Eric
Owen
Jarrod
Jerome
Abel
Kit (Christopher)
Liam
Harvey
Lucas
Marcus

AutumnalLeaves38 · 15/09/2017 08:25

^ Oops! Repeated a few of Jooni's there...

AutumnalLeaves38 · 15/09/2017 08:23

Beautiful name.

To me, someone classy, elegant, artistic, bit of a free spirit, knows her own mind.

Possible girls' names which feel similarish:

Alexandra (Alexandria?)
Rosa
Elise
Raphaella
Cassia
Madeleine
Cecilia

Possible boys' names which feel similarish:

Nico
Luca (Luke? Lucas?)
Miles
Isaac
Sacha (Sasha?)
Jude

Hope you manage to find something you both love equally!

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Shashuka · 15/09/2017 08:18

Yes I love that everyone knows the name yet it's unusual. Ranked 203 last year in the UK. I also like that it's used in many different countries.

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MammieBear · 15/09/2017 08:18

A lovely name with some good connotations attached to it.

NataliaOsipova · 15/09/2017 08:12

I know a Nina. I like it. It's different but still sensible and classic.

UserThenLotsOfNumbers · 15/09/2017 08:08

I like it

Jooni · 15/09/2017 07:59

Brilliant name, really sweet and cool but in an understated way.

I think you'd like:

Etta
Effie
Frida
Greta
Pippa
Lara
Marnie
Edie
Peggy
Polly
Ida
Ada
Thea

Theo
Flynn
Vincent
Ezra
Magnus
Maxim
Victor
Otto
Hector
Bram
Otis
Miles
Jude
Rex

FlipperSkipper · 15/09/2017 07:48

Nina was our name if our baby had been a girl. Good choice I think!

Trampire · 15/09/2017 07:47

I had a great friend at school (80's) called Nina. I've always liked it and never hear it these days.

Itsgoodforthegarden · 15/09/2017 07:45

Makes me think of this song:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V2zxHuze_Gw

londonfeather · 15/09/2017 07:31

Lovely name. Very popular in Scandinavia - already have one in my family otherwise it would be on My favourite name shortlist.

eggsbenedict89 · 15/09/2017 07:27

My DS is Nina - currently 21

She loves it x

Ecureuil · 15/09/2017 07:20

I like it! I know two and they're both fab. The two I know are both a bit 'surfer cool'

00100001 · 15/09/2017 07:19

Good name

Noah for a boy?