Mina (given name)

Mina is a given name with a variety of origins, used as a feminine name in some cultures and a masculine name in others. In English-speaking countries, these names may be variously shortened sometimes as Mimi, Mimosa, and Mims.

Egypt

Mina (Egyptian Arabic: مينا; pronounced [ˈmiːnæ]), also transcribed Mena or Meena, is a male given name for Egyptians, mostly Egyptian Christians, a modern corruption of the ancient Egyptian name Meni.

India

Meena, or Mina, is a name given to females in India. It is commonly used by Christians, Hindus and Parsees. The name is a shortened form of Meenakshi (beautiful fish-shaped eyes; Meen = fish; akshi = eyes), and is commonly used by South Indian Hindus. Nasrani Christians from Kerala and Parsees might use this name due to their ancient Persian heritage (Mina is a commonly used female name in Iran).

Japanese

Mina is a Japanese feminine given name. It may be written various ways in kanji, including , , and .[1]

Korean

Mina
Hangul 민아
Hanja , , , and others
Revised Romanization Min-a
McCune–Reischauer Mina
Alternative spelling
Hangul 미나
Revised Romanization Mi-na
McCune–Reischauer Mina

Mina, Meena, and Minah are various Roman alphabet spellings of two homophonous Korean feminine given names with different hangul spellings. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.

For the name Min-a (민아), there are 27 hanja with the reading "min" and 20 hanja with the reading "a" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[2]

For the name Mi-na (미나), there are 31 hanja with the reading "mi" and 16 hanja with the reading "na" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[2]

Persian

Mina (Persian: مینا) is a female given name in Iran, meaning "azure", "glass bead", or "enamel".[3]

Pashto

Mina (Pashto: مینا) means "love" in Pashto, an Indo-Iranic language spoken in Afghanistan and the northwestern regions of Pakistan.[4]

Other

Mina can be a short form of the feminine names Wilhelmina or Hermina.

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References

  1. Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  2. 1 2 "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  3. Steingass, Francis Joseph. "مینا mīnā". A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary. Digital Dictionaries of South Asia. University of Chicago. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  4. Raverty, H.G. "مینا mai-nā". A Dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans. Digital Dictionaries of South Asia. University of Chicago. p. 955. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
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