Nina

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Other than that its a perfectly nice name!

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!

dd is is nina

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

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!

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

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

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

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

I love it.

Cool an pretty.

I love it too

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

sophisticated and slightly bohemian - a good choice I think

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".