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What do you think of the baby name Mina?

87 replies

Augustbutterfly · 09/08/2021 14:26

I love this name and all the meanings in different cultures, what comes to mind when you hear the name Mina?

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TonkinLenkicks · 09/08/2021 21:01

Still game

user1471523870 · 09/08/2021 20:42

I like it. She's a very famous Italian singer from the 70s.

vdbfamily · 09/08/2021 20:38

A friend of mine has just married a man called Mina. He is Egyptian.

Catlover77 · 09/08/2021 20:34

I quite like it.
Though I automatically thought of the murderer in Emmerdale.

Chicchicchicchiclana · 09/08/2021 20:32

I always think it is helpful to think of a name as an adult's name rather than a "baby name" or "girl's name".

schoolsoutforever · 09/08/2021 20:30

Love it. Dracula. Partly why I love it.

Cotswoldmama · 09/08/2021 20:25

I like it but I would think it was pronounced to rhyme with dinner!

ReginaaPhalange · 09/08/2021 20:24

@spongedod potato, potata!

spongedod · 09/08/2021 20:14

@ReginaaPhalange

Mina from still game!!!

Meena.

spongedod · 09/08/2021 20:14

I would say Mine - ah

Im in Scotland and know of a few older ladies called Mina. Also Mima.

AnnaSW1 · 09/08/2021 20:11

I really dislike it.

ReginaaPhalange · 09/08/2021 20:03

Mina from still game!!!

Greytminds · 09/08/2021 20:02

I love it. I have a cousin called Meena and I also love the Finnish name Minna.

OffCycling · 09/08/2021 20:01

I hadn't heard of the name before. I thought of the mirena coil and perhaps it didn't work.

Comedycook · 09/08/2021 20:01

Beautiful.

I'd imagine it's an Indian name...or Eastern European?

Elouera · 09/08/2021 19:58

I guess there are worse names, but it reminds of mirena (the coil) or or mina- a brand of menstrual cup!!! Hmm

minacup.org/why-mina/

FuckingHateRats · 09/08/2021 19:52

I also thought of Still Game.

Infinitely prefer Nina.

Philandbill · 09/08/2021 19:50

I know an adult Mina (Meee-na) whose full name is Wilhemina. She is bright, energetic, fun loving and fiesty.

DramaAlpaca · 09/08/2021 19:50

It's a very unattractive name to me.

TatianaBis · 09/08/2021 19:50

I know an Italian Mina and an Iranian Mina (both are Meena)

adrianmolesmole · 09/08/2021 19:48

I love it, it's cute!

CatMuffin · 09/08/2021 19:47

I like it

CoalCraft · 09/08/2021 19:44

Agree with PP's "Meaner" comments.

Also, this is just from browsing Mumsnet, but apparently "Mini" is a common slang for female genitalia and it's quite close (I haven't come across that slang IRL though so not sure how common it really is)

FriedasCarLoad · 09/08/2021 19:42

I don't like it.

Partly because it sounds like "meaner" in my accent and partly because it's reminiscent of the dwarf in the ring cycle.

L1ttleSeahorse · 09/08/2021 19:36

Mee nah and meaner are said the same in my southern accent?