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Nina

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artichokes · 26/10/2008 19:23

What do people think of Nina?
What kind of person does it make you think of?

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bikerunski · 29/10/2008 21:56

Like it, DS may have been Nina if he'd been a girl, as our first dance when we got married was to Nina Simone's "My Baby Just Cares For Me".

Joeymac · 29/10/2008 21:20

sophisticated and slightly bohemian - a good choice I think

Leda · 29/10/2008 20:36

It's a great name. I wanted it for dd1, but dh didn't like it for some reason.

slackrunner · 29/10/2008 20:30

I love it too

LaDiDaDi · 29/10/2008 20:27

I love it.

Cool an pretty.

electra · 28/10/2008 12:27

I love it, and would deffo have it on a shortlist for a girl.

julier1 · 28/10/2008 12:26

lovely name. the name of my darling sister who died recently. Used to be really unusual but have come across A few recently

LuLuBai · 28/10/2008 08:59

And yet you don't meet all that many Ninas....

Thomcat · 27/10/2008 21:52

When I was going through my 6 weeks of hell trying to name DD2 and then again with DD3, everyone kept suggesting Nina as a name. I would therefore deduce from that that an awful lot of people on MN LURVE the name

crankytwanky · 27/10/2008 21:50

Love it!
My little sister is called Nina. It means "little one" I think. It's recognised all over the world, which is ace too!
Wheresthehamster is right though about ambulance noises but hey ho!

TskullsScreaming · 27/10/2008 19:42

Oh you can't use it. Sorry, it's already taken here.

mazzystartled · 27/10/2008 19:40

dd is is nina

QueenCrystal · 27/10/2008 19:37

it's a beautiful name. it's actually my DD's middle name - named after a very special friend of ours. i think it's classic and grown up but also suitable for a small girl. it's pretty unusual but still an acceptable 'classic' name, if you see what i mean. go for it!

HankyHunker · 27/10/2008 13:05

It's my mother in law's name. I you know her, you'll understand.

Other than that its a perfectly nice name!

hattyyellow · 27/10/2008 13:03

I love the name Nina - had a good friend called Nina at primary school and there were suprisingly few Nee-nah moments in the playground.

Liffey · 27/10/2008 13:01

Yes, Santa and Maria are both names too.

Besides, the fleet of ships that discovered a new continent!!! That's a good thing. The name is not Myra or Maxine.

LuLuBai · 27/10/2008 11:53

Oh it's virtually impossible to think of a name that cannot be made into a playground taunt. And if the little brats want to tease a particular child they will find something, even if it isn't the child's name.

Nina is a good character in The Seagull but she loses it a bit and starts to believe she actually is a Seagull. Nothing to worry yourself about too much.

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artichokes · 27/10/2008 11:48

Wow, I think I have found a name that nobody hates .

I love Nina Simone and her CDs remind me of happy childhood days listening to music with my Mum. Also if DH and I have "a song" then its Mr Bojangles sung my NS (I know, not terrible romantic!). So the NS connotations are very welcome.

I also like the fact that it is a name used in many cultures with varied meanings. For example, in Spanish it means "liitle girl". In one of the native American languages it means "fire". Nina was also a Babylonian and Assyrian fertility goddess.

I am not at all worried about the Nina and the Neurons stuff. I mean what % of the world knows about that programme? Also she is a good female role model (in a cheesy, predictable way).

I don't know the character of Nina from The Seagull. I guess I better read it. This pregnancy is helping my literacy no end - another name of our shortlist is Hester and I have just ploughed through the whole of the Scarlett Letter to make sure that I do not mind associations with Hester Prynne!

"Neena-neena" jokes might get a bit irksome but kids will find a way to take the piss of almost any name.

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LuLuBai · 27/10/2008 09:42

I like the name a lot. I do think of Columbus' ship but that doesn't bother me. Certainly hasn't put millions of people across the world from naming their daughter Maria has it!

It's a lovely simple and feminine sound. I think of the 50s singers Nina & Frederik (they did Mary's Boy Child I think) and I think of the character in Chekhov's play 'The Seagull' (although you might not want to delve into that).

TwoFoggy · 27/10/2008 08:50

The ships were the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria, but not many people remember that (too many pub quizzes).

There is Nina and the Neurons but I dont think thats too bad, wouldnt put me off.

Also, Nina weenea is an American playground adaptation, excuse my spelling of weener.

SunshineSmith · 26/10/2008 22:54

Well, there is a well know news reporter called Nina Nanah.... it makes chuckle every time I hear her reports.. along with Julia Cesar, another reporter!!

berolina · 26/10/2008 22:50

love it. Very cool name.

bonnyb1 · 26/10/2008 22:43

like it, it makes me think of someone quirky and pretty, and maybe german (perhaps I am remembering the song '99 red balloons')

Nyx · 26/10/2008 22:27

I don't think it's bland; I think it's elegant. I really like it. One of my friends at school was a Nina and she got teased with the siren thing, "nee-naw nee-naw" but it didn't bother her and soon stopped.

Nancy66 · 26/10/2008 20:46

I like it but don't love it - it's just one of those names that's impossible to be offended by - like James - but is just a bit bland

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