Nina

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Do you like the name? Or maybe not?

Thanks a lot!

Nina: would be grateful for any associations you have...

Happy to be the first to reply - one of my best friends is a Nina, she's very lovely and therefore any associations I have with the name are positive.

Not commonly used. Short and sweet. Nobody (well, I am sure there will be the odd one or two) will ever spell it wrong.

And Nina likes her name too!

my dp wanted our dd to be called nina, its a nice enough name but i have 4 boys and it would just be nee naaaaaaw like emergency vehicles and there is the prog nina and neurons and i couldnt not think of that, sorry!

i do know one little girl called nina, well she is 7 now and lovely :)

We considered it when expecting DC1 as our first dance when we got married was Nina Simone - 'My Baby Just Cares for Me'. I quite like it, but probably wouldn't have thought of it if it hadn't been for that association.

I like it. Simple and sweet without being sickly.

Love this name, would have been DS2's name if he was a girl.

A strong and unusual name. I really dislike flowery "girly" names so it is perfect for me!

It always makes me think of Neneh Cherry. Who I love. Its an ok name, quite old in that I tend to think it suits someone older rather than children but its nice enough.

I have a lovely friend called Nina so I think it's a lovely name. I can't use it as itd be a bit strange calling my dc after my friend.

One of my favourite names.

It's pretty. A bit 'ballerina-ish' (think it's the name of the heroine in Black Swan, although that's probably not the best association!) but not too frilly. Easy to say, spell etc.

My DD is Nina. We love it.

I have a friend named Nina - she is adventurous, sorted and great company. And I adore Nina Simone. All good :)

Nina and The Neurons.

Nothing wrong with that, I like that woman, girls in science = good thing :)

I loved it for DD but 'nina and the neurons' put me off, DP didn't like it either and everytime I brought it up he did the neenaw noise said something along the line of 'I'm nina poo' (I'm needing a poo) mature

I like it, but when I suggested it to DP he said it made him think of that 'Saturday night' song. Nina-na-na-na! Do do do do do etc etc

This is on our shortlist but I too am worried about the 'nee-naw' siren associations and apparently there is an old joke about naming the baby after where she was conceived- ie in the back of a police van!

I love it but everyone just seems to make an face.

I love it. I considered it strongly for DD, though DH wasn't sold. I think it's strong, simple and romantic in a wartime Russia kind of way.

Make me think of Nina Simone, a great connection :)

Great name!

I like it :)

Lovely name.

This would have been DS's name if he had been a DD :)
Fabulous name.

I would have been Adrian, apparently

Love it!
Sweet, not overused.
Have a friend called this so positive association. Loads of then in Germany in my (late 20s) generation.

I love it. The name wasn't too girly for Nina Carberry!