Nina????

[Shashuka]

What do people think of the name Nina? What kind of image does in conjure?

And if we love Nina what other names should we consider (girls and boys as we are getting nowhere with boys and only agree on Nina for a girl).

Good name

Noah for a boy?

I like it! I know two and they're both fab. The two I know are both a bit 'surfer cool'

My DS is Nina - currently 21

She loves it x

Lovely name. Very popular in Scandinavia - already have one in my family otherwise it would be on My favourite name shortlist.

Makes me think of this song:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V2zxHuze_Gw

I had a great friend at school (80's) called Nina. I've always liked it and never hear it these days.

Nina was our name if our baby had been a girl. Good choice I think!

Brilliant name, really sweet and cool but in an understated way.

I think you'd like:

Etta
Effie
Frida
Greta
Pippa
Lara
Marnie
Edie
Peggy
Polly
Ida
Ada
Thea

Theo
Flynn
Vincent
Ezra
Magnus
Maxim
Victor
Otto
Hector
Bram
Otis
Miles
Jude
Rex

I like it

I know a Nina. I like it. It's different but still sensible and classic.

A lovely name with some good connotations attached to it.

Yes I love that everyone knows the name yet it's unusual. Ranked 203 last year in the UK. I also like that it's used in many different countries.

Beautiful name.

To me, someone classy, elegant, artistic, bit of a free spirit, knows her own mind.

Possible girls' names which feel similarish:

Alexandra (Alexandria?)
Rosa
Elise
Raphaella
Cassia
Madeleine
Cecilia

Possible boys' names which feel similarish:

Nico
Luca (Luke? Lucas?)
Miles
Isaac
Sacha (Sasha?)
Jude

Hope you manage to find something you both love equally!

^ Oops! Repeated a few of Jooni's there...

Lovely!

Pippa
Tamara
Rowena
Melissa
Sasha
Polly
Lottie
Tessa
Erena
Annie
Kirsty

Nathan/Nate
Eric
Owen
Jarrod
Jerome
Abel
Kit (Christopher)
Liam
Harvey
Lucas
Marcus

Also Heidi, Lotta, Anya

To me it conjures images of a squishy baby... mine! Great name

I liked it because it didn't conjure a particular kind of person to me, whereas most girls names do. I thought it was quite a nice blank slate for dd to really make her own.

Lois
Lyra
Mia
Mila

Maxin
Victor
Jamie
Ethan

I am glad it's getting such positive responses. I thought people might say it's dated. My MiL said "but that like calling a baby Tina, nobody would do that nowadays." I don't associate Nina with Tina at all so I was a bit taken aback.

Of the other names suggested I really like Ezra for a boy. I like Jude but DH hates it.

I also like Anya for a girl.

Dd had a friend Nina-Jay. .
Lovely. .
Wanted it for dd as she was my 9th dc and it means 9!!

It is a pretty name. I know a little Nina and always have to stop myself saying brightly "Hi, Niiina!" in a Scottish accent (Nina and the Neurons). It also makes me think of werewolves because there was a werewolf called Nina in both Buffy (or maybe Angel) and Being Human, but I am pretty sure that is just me.

I like it but that's because the Nina I meet is lovely and so is her mum. Her mum called her Nina as she thought it couldn't be shortened to anything ( it can't !) but she got lots of Nina Nina like for a police car

I'm not the biggest fan but I think it's because I associated it with the only one I know who is a women in her 40s who is incredibly spoilt and high maintenance.

Names similar to Nina

Leila
Claudia
Nita
Sonia
Lyda
Raya

Noem
Noel
David

Love it!

I LOVE Nina, it is a beautiful name. And I like it despite knowing a very unpleasant Neena at primary school, and usually that puts me off names, but not this one! Plus your spelling is much nicer