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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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Violetlavenders · 09/08/2021 18:36

Is it pronounced “meaner”?

No, there's no R.

It's Mee-nah

DespairingHomeowner · 09/08/2021 17:54

Nice name, even though it’s a v classic name, feels fresh

I’d definitely assume Indian heritage : although I do know one English girl with that name (her parents had lived in india)

NoSquirrels · 09/08/2021 17:36

It’s pronounced Mee-nah.

I think it’s lovely. My first association is Spanish (cos the person I know called Mina is from Spain.) My second is Dracula - but I’m very cool with that as literary heritage.

I also really love Nina too. Beautiful!

clarepetal · 09/08/2021 17:33

Dracula. But I quite like it. Do it!

M0rT · 09/08/2021 17:26

I know two Mena's pronounced Mee-nah, both have the full name Philomena.
Nice women and positive associations for me.
I do know about the Dracula connection but I think that film is so bad I do my best not to allow it space in my brain!!

spurs4ever · 09/08/2021 17:24

@FelicityPike

I would assume Indian too. Navid’s wife from Still Game.
Me too Grin
MattyGroves · 09/08/2021 17:24

It's ok but I much prefer Meera

LtDansleg · 09/08/2021 17:23

@LtDansleg

It’s extremely feminine IMO
I have no idea why I thought you meant it for a boy 🤦🏼‍♀️
MaMelon · 09/08/2021 17:23

What comes to mind? I think of the lady who used to live down the road from my parents who was forced into an arranged marriage in India many, many years ago even though she was in love with someone else. She was a friend of my mum’s and never settled in the UK - she was so unhappy and homesick.

As a name it’s OK.

Anyonebut · 09/08/2021 17:22

Dracula

In Argentina Mina means girl/lass, in standard Spanish it means mine, as in coal mine.

JovialNickname · 09/08/2021 17:20

Minotaur in the old Sinbad films (I'm a weirdo though)

I think it's a pretty name

CaptainWentworth · 09/08/2021 17:09

Winona Ryder in Bram Stoker’s Dracula

LtDansleg · 09/08/2021 16:52

It’s extremely feminine IMO

FayeFayeFayeFayeFaye · 09/08/2021 16:51

I would assume some sort of Indian heritage and pronounce it Mee-nah.

It’s alright, not my favourite by any means.

whatausername · 09/08/2021 16:47

Pretty name

WaltzingToWalsingham · 09/08/2021 15:48

The only Mina I know pronounces her name "meaner". Which puts me in mind of, "Is my child meaner than your child?"

Sorry OP!

L1ttleSeahorse · 09/08/2021 15:33

Mee nah is how I would pronounce meaner. Which seems a bit cruel...

alexdgr8 · 09/08/2021 15:32

mine-ah

sounds like a minah bird, or one who delves in the earth.
also not pretty ideas.
if it's on the end of a longer name, like wilhemina, that's better, because there are more options, and it's not the full name.

cariadlet · 09/08/2021 15:31

Dracula. I like it.

Onfire · 09/08/2021 15:30

The Mina I know is pronounced Mee-nah

I love it . Little girl does have Indian heritage

I wanted one of ours to be named Nina but DH vetoed it

alexdgr8 · 09/08/2021 15:30

what's the difference in those pronunciations.
they sound exactly the same to me.
which is why i don't like it as a name.
meaner is not a good association.

elizabethdraper · 09/08/2021 15:29

Love it.

Reminds me of dracula and glenroeGrin

It's pronounced mine-a

FelicityPike · 09/08/2021 15:28

@TenThousandSpoons

Is it pronounced “meaner”?
Mee-nah there’s no R.
FelicityPike · 09/08/2021 15:27

I would assume Indian too.
Navid’s wife from Still Game.

riotlady · 09/08/2021 15:26

I love it!