Thoughts on Nina?

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Family name. I love it. What do people think? Do you know any young Nina’s? What type of person does it make you think of? Is it dated/classic/on trend?

I love it. Very cool and sophisticated. And yes, it's a classic.

I know two - a 4 year old and 1 year old. Lovely name.

I really like it.

Gorgeous. It was on my list for a girl and I know a couple of older children with that name.

I had a "Nina" last year and I absolutely love it. We always get compliments on her name 😊

Absolutely love it. Bizarrely, commented to someone the other day that I would use the name if I was to have another daughter.

I love it. Cute for a child and classic and elegant for a woman.

I like it too. Would put it in the same box as Stella and Lara - sassy names for confident women who mean business.

Beautiful. I have an 8 year old niece called Nina in Australia.

I LOVE meeting little Stellas!

Also love Lara/ Zara and Lana.

It's okay, but to me it's a tad boring. It's right on trend. Being on trend is either great or annoying, depending on your point of view. Nina fits right in with the short 2 syllable 'a' ending names that are a currently popular style, eg Mia Maya, Lila, Isla, Ella, Mila, Ada, Nova, Layla, Luna, Thea, Lola, Freya, Rosa, Eva etc - which are in the top 100 names.

I know three Ninas, a three year old, a twenty four year old and a forty two year old. Beautiful, classic name imo.

It was on my list for DD 11 years ago. Didn’t go with it as DH wasn’t keen but I love it.

Absolutely love it. Classy, easy to spell, elegant.

Some of these names feel transient on trend to me eg Luna, Nova, Lila, Lola.

Nina to my mind is much more classic due to centuries of use across Russia, Spain etc.

I agree. Nina is quite different, it's been around far longer. It's not one of these modern "ditsy" names which will date.
I know a Nina in her 30s and one in her 80s!
I think it's a classic.

My daughter came a month early and was was born on 9th of 9th 1990 so we gave her Nina as her middle name having already decided her first name. I couldn’t bring myself to have it as Nine though I probably would now.

I don't know any young girl or woman called Nina. It is also long enough that almost no-one will think of a 1980s song that referred to 'Had a love affair with Nina, in the back of my Cortina'.

I love it too. I think of Diane Keaton in Father of the Bride and what a nice name for a more mature lady as well as young.

Beautiful name.

It's a name that doesn't age or date, I reckon. Classic enough for everyone to know it but not used enough for there to be several in each school year.

i know a nine year old Nina and she's great!

I think its a lovely name. No idea which song a pp is referring to, but the only one I know is 'Nina, Pretty ballerina' by Abba, which I loved as a child (which isn't well known enough to be sung now anyway)

Beautiful! It was on our list and I still love it!

I love it