Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

Please or to access all these features

Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Nina - how many do you know

115 replies

Gloooooo · 29/04/2023 07:33

How many Ninas do you know, how old are they and is their name shortened from a longer name?

I think the name uncommon, my husband thinks they are everywhere, I think it’s timeless, he thinks it’s recently resurged, I think it’s fine on its own, he thinks it’s always a diminutive of something longer.

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Mogginsthemog · 29/04/2023 16:46

I know a Nina and a Neena, both early 50s.

An elegant pretty name .

CakeBeautifulCake · 29/04/2023 16:46

I'm NW England and never met anyone with that name!

WomensLandArmy · 29/04/2023 16:53

I know a 10 yr old Nina and it was on our list a few years ago. I love it.

emmathedilemma · 29/04/2023 17:08

1, aged 3

LindorDoubleChoc · 29/04/2023 17:09

I know two Ninas.

One is 22, the other is late 30s/early 40s.

SneezyEvie · 29/04/2023 17:38

Only one in her 40s

PrincessHoneysuckle · 29/04/2023 17:44

Two.
One aged 9 yrs,another 33 and a 37 year old spelt Nena

TheDogsWardrobe · 29/04/2023 17:50

I know two. One in her 20s, the other in her 50s. Both very cool and suit their name.

Purplecatshopaholic · 29/04/2023 17:52

I know one. She’s 12. It’s her full name. Lovely name.

Blackcountryexile · 29/04/2023 17:57

It's a favourite of mine.. I've known one and she'd be in her sixties now.

DeflatedAgain · 29/04/2023 17:58

None.

I adore the name

Houselamp · 29/04/2023 18:34

Two whose full names are Nina
One is 23 and one who is 5 and named after her great grandma

astarsheis · 29/04/2023 18:37

Jellyheadbang · 29/04/2023 07:51

I know lots of Ninas. Feels like a weird baby name to me just because all the ones I know are women my age.
It's pretty though

Really... I find that difficult to believe as it is way down on the list of common girls names...unless your German because it is quite a common name in Germany and Russia and also in the Indian culture with a different spelling.
I have lived in this country for 40 years and have only ever come across one Nina

YukoandHiro · 29/04/2023 18:38

I've only met one child called Nina in last six years

wizzler · 29/04/2023 18:41

I don't know any

Londonlady1423 · 29/04/2023 18:43

I know one she's three, I remember thinking what a beautiful name and quite rare

WillaHermione · 29/04/2023 18:52

1, aged 7

MmmChocolatePancakes · 29/04/2023 19:02

I know one, me. 47 and it’s my whole name. In my life I’ve come across two others, they’d both be 45ish now. When I was a teenager my mum had a friend with a dog called Nina.
I did get all the ‘nee-naw’ stuff in primary school, and I hated it and wished I were called Sarah or Emma or Claire instead. But, everyone grew out of that by 8/9, and I do like my name now.

JustGotToKeepOnKeepingOn · 29/04/2023 19:04

I know 2. Both in their 40s. Not shot for anything.

JustGotToKeepOnKeepingOn · 29/04/2023 19:05

*short 🤣

reelcat · 30/04/2023 19:05

A few in their 40s and a 4 year old and I think it is a lovely refreshing name in amongst all of the Isla's and Eva's

scroogemcfuckaduck · 30/04/2023 19:11

Know a grown up one about 35 and she's lovely

drpet49 · 30/04/2023 19:14

3- one is in their 30s, 8 year old and a 1 year old

PumpkinsAndCoconuts · 30/04/2023 19:44
  1. Neither lives in the UK.
Sphagnummoss · 30/04/2023 19:46

The only Nina I've ever known would be in her 60s now. It was short for Karenina.

Swipe left for the next trending thread