Minna (name)

Minna is female given name. It originates from Hebrew child of earth. In Yiddish Minna (מִּינָא) translates as peaceful. In Germany Minna is a nickname of Wilhelmina or Hermina. It is also a Finnish short form of Vilhelmina. The similar form of Wilma and Willa.

Nicknames

• Minnie
• Mineczka
• Minka
• Mina

Name days

• Czech: 7 April (Hermina) or 7 January (Wilhelmina)
• Latvia: 14 October

People with the given name

• Minna Aaltonen (born 1966), Finnish actress
• Minna Canth (1844–1897), Finnish writer and social activist
• Minna Citron (1896–1991), American painter
• Minna Freimane (1853–unknown), Latvian writer
• Minna Herzlieb (1789-1865), German journalist
• Minna Mäki-Kala (born c. 1973), Finnish beauty pageant
• Minna Planer (1809–1866), German actress
• Minna Salmela (born 1971), Finnish freestyle swimmer

People with the surname

• Maria Minna (born 1948), Canadian politician

Name variants

• Minna (German), (English), (Danish), (Latvian)
• Minka (Polish), (Bulgarian)
• Mína (Czech), (Slovak), (Bulgarian)

See also

• Mina (given name)
• Minnie (disambiguation)