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Nina - do you like it and how many do you know under the age of 30?

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CheetahChaplin · 04/09/2023 06:30

We love this name and know v few but I wonder whether others so. If you know them are they in England or is it more an international popularity?

any opinions on the name also welcome.

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BenoitsBriocheFeuilletee · 05/09/2023 01:46

Googling brings up Nina Simone and Nina Ricci.

Both admirable, and not under 30.

sjpkgp1 · 05/09/2023 01:44

Lovely name. I know one, late '30s, but not sure if it is short for anything. I was thinking about very similar names today after reading a piece on '80s music and coming across Neneh (as in Cherry) and also Nena (as in 100 red balloons) and thinking that they hadn't spawned an outbreak of similar names for some reason.

BenoitsBriocheFeuilletee · 05/09/2023 01:42

I quite like the name. It’s easy to spell and fairly traditional.

I’ve only met one, she would be in her twenties now. She was born abroad to a non English mother and an English father. (Can’t remember where from, possibly Singapore.)

One of the daughters in the TV series Split was called Nina.

OMGitsnotgood · 05/09/2023 01:29

DramaAlpaca · 05/09/2023 01:19

Hmm. It's not for me, I find it rather insubstantial as a name. I like that it's international but it's not a strong name to me. It's sweet, I suppose, but what adult woman wants to be seen as sweet? I wouldn't.

I know one in her late 20s and another who's a toddler.

Interesting, I think it's both pretty and strong. Likely due to both being true of the only Nina I have known.

DramaAlpaca · 05/09/2023 01:19

I know one in her late 20s and another who's a toddler.

OMGitsnotgood · 05/09/2023 00:53

I've only ever known one and she was a German adult. I love it and have no idea why it never made its way onto our baby names list.

Mwnci123 · 05/09/2023 00:47

I like it. Know 2 under 30.

UsingChangeofName · 04/09/2023 23:55

I rather like it.
I know one in her 80s and - I don't really know her, but have a friend whose dd is called Nina - she would be in her 40s I guess.

I don't know any under 20, 0r under 30.

Timetoflower22 · 04/09/2023 23:33

I do not know one Nina!

User6761 · 04/09/2023 23:31

I've only known one - friend in my year at school who would now be mid 40s. It was an unusual but not weird name, and I think it's aged well - doesn't date to an era.

JamSandle · 04/09/2023 23:07

A very beautiful name. I dont know anyone with it.

augustusglupe · 04/09/2023 22:53

My hairdresser, about 30 years ago, was called Nina. Also a girl in my class in the 70s. Both were lovely. I really like it

SemperIdem · 04/09/2023 22:34

I like it. I know a 7 year old Nina and a 35 year old one. They’re the only two I’ve met in real life.

spilltheteapot · 04/09/2023 22:19

It’s a beautiful name. I know two Ninas, both babies.
Interestingly both have one British parent and one Central/Eastern European parent respectively. Both told me it’s because the name works well in both English and the other parent’s native language.

SkaneTos · 04/09/2023 22:17

I like the name Nina.
I only know one person named Nina and she is 45 years old.

continentallentil · 04/09/2023 22:10

It’s on the up.

I think it’s insubstantial as a full name. It’s originally a pet form of Anna, or a feminised blokes name (Georgina, Davinia) I know a great Nina who is Janina

TheWayoftheLeaf · 04/09/2023 21:03

I like it and don't know any under 30

NotFastButFurious · 04/09/2023 18:54

One pre-schooler and no older ones.

cheezncrackers · 04/09/2023 15:41

Yes, I like it. Easy to say, easy to spell, known but not common.

I know two - one is 16 and the other is 12.

thinkingtoomuchagain · 04/09/2023 14:09

My niece is Nina and I love it! Just asked my sister and she said in Nina's 9 years she has met three other little ones, all non-English (French, Italian, Israeli.)

TenderChicken · 04/09/2023 12:30

I don't know any Ninas of any age.

I think if it as being a Russian name, rightly or wrongly.

Tinybrother · 04/09/2023 12:19

Fair enough :)

CurlewKate · 04/09/2023 11:39

@Tinybrother Sorry-wasn't meant to be antagonistic. I read your two statements as connected and was surprised. Again-apologies.

LadyBitsnBobs · 04/09/2023 11:38

My 13 yo daughter in England has never come across anyone called Nina (I just asked her). She’s at a massive all girls school. It’s a lovely name and not common

TJsAunt · 04/09/2023 11:36

Love it!

Would have chosen it for dd but she was born when ds was 2 and was obsessed with sirens (neenaws) so would have been too confusing.

Have only met one.

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