# Nina (name)

Nina is a feminine given name with various origins and alternate spellings accordingly. Nina may also serve as a short form of names ending in "-nina/-ina", such as Clementina, Christina, or Giannina. It serves as a diminutive of the variation of nevertheless original form of Hebrew name, “Johannah”, or “Joanina”.
Nína is an Icelandic name, while Niná is a Sami name. It also has a relation to the Spanish word "niña", which translates as "little girl" and has several meanings in various Native American languages, such as "strong".

## Given name

* Nina Chanel Abney (born 1982), American artist
* Nina Afanasyeva (born 1939), Russian-Sami politician and language activist
* Nina Agapova (1926–2021), Russian actress
* Nina Agdal (born 1992), Danish model
* Nina Alisova (1915–1996), Russian actress
* Nina Allan (born 1966), British writer
* Nina E. Allender (1873–1957), American cartoonist and activist
* Nina Alovert (born 1935), Russian photographer
* Nina Amir (born 1999), Israeli sports sailor
* Nina Ananiashvili (born 1963), Georgian ballerina
* Nina Nymark Andersen (born 1972), Norwegian footballer
* Nina Andreyeva (1938–2020), Soviet Communist Party official
* Nina Anisimova (dancer) (1909–1979), Russian dancer and choreographer
* Nina Anisimova (triathlete) (born 1973), Russian athlete
* Nina Ansaroff (born 1985), American mixed martial artist
* Nina Antonia (born 1960), British author
* Nina Arianda (born 1984), American actress
* Nina Arsenault (born 1974), Canadian performance artist and freelance writer
* Nina Arvesen (born 1961), American actress
* Nina Åström (born 1962), Finnish singer
* Nina Auerbach (1943–2017), American professor
* Nina Averina (born 1935), Russian journalist, local historian and poet
* Nina Axelrod (born 1955), American actress
* Nina Baden-Semper (born 1945), British actress
* Nina Badrić (born 1972), Croatian singer
* Nina Bang (1866–1928), Danish politician
* Nina Bari (1901–1961), Russian mathematician
* Nina Barr Wheeler (1909–1978), American artist
* Nina Bates (born 1985), Bosnian figure skater
* Nina Bawden (1925–2012), British author
* Nina Behrendt (born 1983), German politician
* Nina Bendigkeit, German singer
* Nina Berberova (1901–1993), Russian author
* Nina Berman (born 1960), American photographer
* Nina Betschart (born 1995), Swiss volleyball player
* Nina Bjedov (born 1971), Serbian basketball player
* Nina Björk (born 1967), Swedish author
* Nina Blackwood (born 1955), American disc jockey
* Nina Bocharova (1924–2020), Ukrainian gymnast
* Nina Bohm (born 1958), Swedish tennis player
* Nina Gomer Du Bois (1870–1950), American civil rights activist
* Nina Yang Bongiovi, American film producer
* Nina Bonner (born 1972), Australian field hockey player
* Nina Bott (born 1978), German actress
* Nina Bracewell-Smith (born 1955), British aristocrat
* Nina Bratchikova (born 1985), Russian tennis player
* Nina Starr Braunwald (1928–1992), American surgeon
* Nina Brosh (born 1975), Israeli model
* Nina Bunjevac (born 1973), Serbian Canadian cartoonist
* Nina Burger (born 1987), Austrian footballer
* Nina Burleigh (born c. 1959 or 1960), American journalist
* Nina Buysman (born 1997), Dutch cyclist
* Nina Byers (1930–2014), American physicist
* Nina Byron (1900–1987), American silent film actress
* Nina Carberry (born 1984), Irish jockey
* Nina Carroll (1932–1990), British painter
* Nina Cheremisina (born 1946), Russian former rower
* Nina Clifford (1851–1929), Canadian-American madam
* Nina Companeez (1937–2015), French screenwriter and film director
* Nina Conti (born 1973), British actress
* Nina Coltart (1927–1997), British psychoanalyst
* Nina Coolman (born 1991), Belgian volleyball player
* Nina Crone (1934–2007), Australian gardening writer, broadcaster, teacher and school principal
* Nina J. Cullinan (1899–1983), American art patron and civic leader
* Nina Curtis (born 1988), Australian sailor
* Nina Daniels (born 1982), New Zealand synchronised swimmer
* Nina Davies (cyclist) (born 1974), Welsh cyclist
* Nina Davuluri (born 1989), American public speaker and Miss America 2014
* Nina Derwael (born 2000), Belgian gymnast
* Nina de Vries (born 1961), Dutch sex worker
* Nina Dittrich (born 1990), Austrian swimmer
* Nina Doroh (fl. 1970s), Belarusian sprint canoer
* Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton (1878–1951), British noblewoman
* Nina Dübbers (born 1980), German tennis player
* Nina Dudnik, American founder and former CEO of Seeding Labs
* Nina Dumbadze (1919–1983), Georgian-Ukrainian discus thrower
* Nina Đurđević (born 1991), Slovene model and Miss Universe Slovenia 2013
* Nina Easton (born 1958), American journalist
* Nina Ehrnrooth (born 1962), Finnish alpine skier
* Nina Elias-Bamberger (1954–2002), American television producer
* Nina Etkin (1948–2009), American anthropologist and botanist
* Nina Fedoroff (born 1942), American molecular biologist
* Nina Fellman (born 1964), Ålandic politician
* Nina Foch (1924–2008), Dutch-American actress
* Nina Frolova (born 1948), Soviet rowing cox
* Nina Fyodorova (1947–2019), Soviet skier
* Nina Gäßler (born 1975), German mountain biker and rower
* Nina Garsoïan (1923–2022), American historian
* Nina Gavrylyuk (born 1965), Russian cross-country skier
* Nina Genke-Meller (1893–1954), Russian artist
* Princess Nina of Greece and Denmark (born 1987), Swiss businesswoman
* Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia (1901–1974), Russian Princess
* Nina Gerber, American guitarist
* Nina Gerhard (born 1974), German Eurodance singer
* Nina Gershon (born 1940), American judge
* Nina Girado (full name Marifil Nina Barinos Girado-Enriquez, born 1980), Filipina singer
* Nina Godiwalla (born 1975), American author and businesswoman
* Nina Gold, British casting director
* Nina Gopova (born 1953), Russian canoer
* Nina Gordon (born 1967), American rock singer
* Nina Grebeshkova (born 1930), Russian actress
* Nina Grewal (born 1958), Canadian politician
* Nina Grieg, née Hagerup (1845–1935), Norwegian lyric soprano
* Nina Gruzintseva (1934–2021), Russian canoer
* Nina Hamnett (1890–1956), British artist
* Nina Harmer (married name Nina Thompson, born 1945), American swimmer
* Nina Hasselmann (born 1986), German field hockey player
* Nina Haver-Løseth (born 1989), Norwegian alpine skier
* Nina Kiriki Hoffman (born 1955), American novelist
* Nina Holmén (born 1951), Finnish long-distance athlete
* Nina Hoss (born 1975), German actress
* Nina Hossain (born 1973), British journalist
* Nina Humphreys, British composer
* Nina Hunt (1932–1995), Manx choreographer
* Nina Ivanišin (born 1985), Slovenian actress
* Nina Jablonski (born 1953), American anthropologist and palaeobiologist
* Nina Jacobson (born 1965), American film executive
* Nina Moore Jamieson (1885–1932), Canadian writer
* Nina Jeriček (born 1984), Slovenian handballer
* Nina Johnsen, Norwegian cyclist
* Nina Kamenik (born 1985), German ice hockey player
* Nina Kasniunas (born 1972), American political scientist and writer
* Nina Katchadourian (born 1968), American artist
* Nina Kemppel (born 1970), American cross-country skier
* Nina Kessler (born 1988), Dutch cyclist
* Nina Khachaturyan (1931–2020), Russian historian
* Nina Khadzhiyankova (born 1963), Bulgarian basketball player
* Nina Kinert (born 1983), Swedish musician
* Nina Klenovska (born 1980), Bulgarian biathlete
* Nina Kolarič (born 1986), Slovenian athlete
* Nina Kolundžić (born 1990), Serbian handball player
* Nina Koshetz (1891–1965), Ukrainian opera singer
* Nina Kostroff Noble (born 1959), American television producer
* Nina Kotova (born 1969), Russian cellist
* Nina Kpaho (born 1996), Ivorian footballer
* Nina Kraft (born 1968), German triathlete
* Nina Kraljić (born 1992), Croatian singer-songwriter
* Nina Kraus, American neuroscientist
* Nina Kraviz (born 1989), Russian DJ
* Nina Kulagina (1926–1990), Russian psychokineticist
* Nina Kuscsik (born 1939), American long-distance athlete
* Nina Lagergren (1921–2019), Swedish businesswoman and half-sister of Raoul Wallenberg
* Nina Lawson (1926–2008), Scottish wig maker
* Nina Laden (born 1962), American author and commercial illustrator of children's books
* Nina Frances Layard (1853–1935), English poet, prehistorian, archaeologist and antiquary
* Nina Lemesh (born 1973), Ukrainian biathlete
* Nina Li Chi (born 1961), Hong Kong actress
* Nina Ligon (born 1991), Thai equestrian
* Nina Lobkovskaya (born 1925), Russian sniper
* Nina Lobova (born 1957), Ukrainian handball athlete
* Nina Lola Bachhuber (born 1971), German artist
* Nina Lussi (born 1994), American ski jumper
* Nina Makarova (1908–1976), Russian composer
* Nina Makino (born 2005), American-Japanese idol singer and former child actress, member of the group NiziU
* Nina Manucharyan (1885–1972), Armenian film actress
* Nina Marković, Croatian physicist and professor
* Nina Matsumoto (born 1984), Japanese-Canadian cartoonist
* Nina Matviyenko (1947–2023), Ukrainian singer
* Nina McClelland (1930–2020), American chemist
* Nina Mae McKinney (1912–1967), American actress
* Nina Menkes (born 1955), American filmmaker
* Nina Meurisse, French actress
* Nina Milliken, American politician
* Nina Miranda (born 1970), Brazilian singer
* Nina Morić (born 1976), Croatian fashion model
* Nina Morgunova (born 1951), Russian middle-distance athlete
* Nina Morozova (born 1989), Russian sprint hurdle athlete
* Nina Morrison (born 2000), Australian Australian rules footballer
* Nina Mozer (born 1964), Russian ice-skating coach
* Nina Müller (born 1980), German handball player
* Nina Muradyan (born 1954), Armenian volleyball player
* Nina Myskow (born 1946), Scottish journalist
* Nina Nadira (born 1992), Malaysian singer and actress
* Nina Nannar, British Asian journalist
* Nina Nastasia (born 1966), American singer-songwriter
* Nina Nesbitt (born 1994), Scottish singer and songwriter
* Nina Norshie (born 2001), Ghanaian footballer
* Nina Kamto Njitam (born 1983), Cameroonian handball player
* Nina Olivette (1907–1971), American actress and dancer
* Nina Otkalenko (1928–2015), Russian middle-distance athlete
* Nina Paley (born 1968), American cartoonist and animator
* Nina Paw (born 1949), Hong Kong actress
* Nina Pekerman (born 1977), Israeli triathlete
* Nina Persson (born 1974), Swedish singer
* Nina Petković (born 1981), Montenegrin singer and television personality
* Nina Petrova (1893–1945), Russian sniper
* Nina Petushkova (born 1992), Russian figure skater
* Nina Ponomaryova (1929–2016), Russian discus athlete
* Nina Potočnik (born 1997), Slovenian tennis player
* Nina Preobrazhenskaya (born 1956), Ukrainian rower
* Nina Proll (born 1974), Austrian actress
* Nina Proskura (born 1974), Ukrainian rower
* Nina Wilcox Putnam (1888–1962), American writer
* Nina Quartero (1908–1985), American actress
* Nina Raine, English theatre director and playwright
* Nina Rangelova (born 1999), Bulgarian swimmer
* Nina Raspopova (1913–2009), Russian pilot
* Nina Reithmayer (born 1984), Austrian luger
* Nina Repeta (born 1967), American actress
* Nina Revoyr (born 1969), American novelist
* Nina Ricci (1883–1970), French-Italian fashion designer
* Nina Rillstone (born 1975), New Zealand long-distance athlete
* Nina Robertson (born 1996), Australian beauty queen
* Nina Rocheva (1948–2022), Russian cross-country skier
* Nina Rønsted, Danish botanist
* Nina Rosenwald, American political activist and philanthropist
* Nina Rosić (born 1990), Serbian volleyball player
* Nina Roth (born 1988), American curler
* Nina Ruslanova (1945–2021), Russian actress
* Nina Saeedyokota (born 1994), Japanese gymnast
* Nina Sandberg (born 1967), Norwegian politician
* Nina Sedano (born 1964), German author
* Nina Seničar (born 1985), Serbian actress and model
* Nina Sevening (1885–1958), English stage actress
* Nina Shatskaya (born 1966), Russian singer and actress
* Nina Siciliana, Italian poet
* Nina Simone (1933–2003), American singer, composer and civil rights activist
* Nina Simonovich-Efimova (1877–1948), Russian artist and puppeteers
* Nina Smoleyeva (born 1948), Russian volleyball player
* Nina Snaith, British mathematician
* Nina Søby (born 1956), Norwegian cyclist
* Nina Solheim (born 1979), Norwegian taekwondo practitioner
* Nina Sosanya (born 1969), English actress
* Nina Sosnina (1923–1943), Ukrainian resistance fighter
* Nina Statkevich (born 1944), Russian speed skater
* Nina Stemme (born 1963), Swedish singer
* Nina Stojanović (born 1996), Serbian tennis player
* Nina Auchincloss Straight (born 1937), American author and journalist
* Nina Tangri, (fl. 2018–present) Canadian politician
* Nina Tassler (fl. 2004–2015), American television executive
* Nina Taylor, Australian politician
* Nina Tenge, German rapper
* Nina Teicholz, American journalist
* Nina Temple (born 1956), British politician
* Nina Tikhonova (1910–1995), Russian-French ballet dancer and teacher
* Nina Tikkinen (born 1987), Finnish ice hockey player
* Nina Totenberg (born 1944), American journalist
* Nina Toussaint-White (born 1985), English actress
* Nina Turner, (born 1967), American politician
* Nina Ulanova (born 1978), Russian ice skater
* Nina Ulyanenko (1923–2005), Russian navigator and pilot
* Nina Umanets (born 1956), Ukrainian rower
* Nina Usatova (born 1951), Russian actress
* Nina van Pallandt (born 1932), Danish singer (of Nina & Frederik) and actress
* Nina Vance (1914–1980), American entrepreneur
* Nina Vanna, stage name of Nina Yazykova Kind Hakim Provatoroff (1899–1953), Belarusian actress
* Nina Veselova (1922–1960), Russian painter
* Nina Violić (born 1972), Croatian actress
* Nina Vislova (born 1986), Russian badminton player
* Nina Wadia (born 1968), British actress
* Nina Wang, (born Kung Yu Sum, 1937–2007), Chinese billionaire
* Nina Wayne (born 1943), American actress
* Nina Weckström (born 1979), Finnish badminton player
* Nina Woodford (born 1971), Swedish songwriter
* Nina Young (born 1966), Australian actress
* Nina Žabjek (born 1998), Slovenian handball player
* Nina Zagat, of Tim and Nina Zagat, American entrepreneur and publisher
* Nina Zander (born 1990), German tennis player
* Nina Zhivanevskaya (born 1977), Russian swimmer
* Nina Zhuk (born 1934), Russian pair skater
* Nina Zulić (born 1995), Slovenian handball player
* Nina Zyuskova (born 1952), Ukrainian middle-distance athlete

## Nickname

* Mizz Nina, professional name of Shazrina binti Azman (born 1980), Malaysian fashion designer
* Nina (Spanish singer) (born 1932), professional name of Anna Maria Agustí Flores (born 1966), Spanish actress and singer
* Nina, former ring name of Lisa Mary Moretti, who has also been known as Ivory (wrestler), Tina Ferrari and Tina Moretti (born 1961), American professional wrestler
* Nina Barka (born Marie Smirsky, 1908–1986), French-Ukrainian artist
* Nina Bo'nina Brown, stage name of Pierre Leverne Dease (born 1982), American drag performer
* Nina Bonaparte, pen name of Éléonore-Justine Ruflin (1832–1905), French writer and wife of Prince Pierre-Napoléon Bonaparte
* Nina Bouraoui, nickname of Yasmina Bouraoui (born 1967), French author
* Nina Boyle, nickname of Constance Antonina Boyle (1865–1943), British journalist
* Nina Campbell, nickname of Henrietta Sylvia Campbell (born 1945), English interior designer
* Nina Carter, (born Penelope Jane Mallett, 1952), English model and singer
* Nina Cassian, pen name of Renée Annie Cassian-Mătăsaru (1924–2014), Romanian poet, translator, journalist and composer
* Nina M. Davies, published under the co-pen name N. de Garis Davies (1881–1965), Scottish egyptologist
* Nina Dobrev, professional name of Nikolina Kamenova Dobreva (born 1989), Bulgarian actress raised in Canada
* Nina Fedorova, pen name of Antonina Riasanovsky, (1895–1985), Russian author
* Nina Flowers, stage name of Jorge Luis Flores Sanchez (born 1974), Puerto Rican drag queen and celebrity
* Nina Gademan, (born 2003), Dutch racing record
* Nina García, nickname of Ninotchka García (born 1965), Colombian fashion journalist and critic
* Nina Hagen, nickname of Catharina Hagen (born 1955), German singer
* Nina Hartley, stage name of Marie Louise Hartman (born 1959), American pornographic actress
* Nina Las Vegas, stage name of Nina Elizabeth Agzarian (born 1984), Australian radio host, DJ and music producer
* Nina Liedtke, nickname of Antonina Liedtke, Polish writer and editor
* Nina Morato (born Stéphanie Morato, 1966), French singer-songwriter
* Nina Radojičić, nickname of Danica Prodanović (born 1989), Serbian singer
* Nina Pacari (born María Estela Vega Conejo, 1961), Kichwa/Ecuadorian indigenous leader
* Nina Pillard, nickname of Cornelia Thayer Livingston Pillard (born 1961), American Judge
* Nina Ramirez, nickname of Janina Sara Maria Ramirez (born 1980), British historian and TV presenter
* Nina Rasul, nickname of Santanina Tillah Rasul (born Santanina Centi Tillah, 1930–2024), Filipina politician
* Nina Ricci (designer) (born Maria Nielli; 1883–1970), Italian fashion designer
* Nina Salaman, nickname of Paulina Ruth Salaman (1877–1925), British poet and translator
* Nina Sicilia, nickname of Alejandrina Sicilia Hernández (born 1962), Venezuelan model and Miss International 1985
* Nina Siemaszko, nickname of Antonina Jadwiga Siemaszko (born 1970), American actress
* Nina Simone, professional name of Eunice Kathleen Waymon (1933–2003), American singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights activist
* Nina Sublatti (born Nina Sulaberidze, 1995), Georgian singer, songwriter, calligrapher and model
* Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (1913–2006), nickname of Elisabeth Magdalena Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, wife of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler
* Nína Tryggvadóttir, nickname of Jónína Tryggvadóttir (1913–1968), Icelandic artist
* Nina Tayeb, nickname of Ninet Tayeb (born 1983), Israeli entertainer
* Nina West, stage name of Andrew Levitt (born 1977), American drag queen, actor and singer
* Nina Zilli, stage name of Maria Chiara Fraschetta (born 1980), Italian singer-songwriter.

## Fictional characters

* Nina from You Were Never Really Here, film by Lynne Ramsay
* Nina, the main character of Nina Needs to Go!
* Nina, the title character of Nina's World
* Nina the Killer, a character from the creepypasta of the same name
* Nina, a character in the Disney Junior television series Imagination Movers
* Nina, a Costa Rican Wild Kratts Kids girl from the hybrid/live action series Wild Kratts
* Nina Ash, from the American television series Angel
* Nina Azarova, from the American webseries, The OA
* Nina Bailey, from Home and Away
* Nina Borowski, a main character in The Object of My Affection
* Nina Brown, from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
* Nina Bulsara, from Doctors
* Nina Caliente, from the life simulation video games The Sims 2, The Sims 3 and The Sims 4.
* Nina Callas, from The Clique series of books
* Nina Campbell, from the American sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun
* Nina Cortex, from the Crash Bandicoot series of games
* Nina Cortlandt, from the soap opera All My Children
* Nina Del Marco, a character in the Netflix series Grand Army
* Nina Einstein, from the anime Code Geass
* Nina Flores, from Clifford's Puppy Days
* Nina Fortner, from Naoki Urasawa's anime Monster
* Nina Frost, from the book Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
* Nina Gilbert, from Home and Away
* Nina Gorzsky, Magneto’s daughter in X-Men: Apocalypse
* Nina Gupta, from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
* Nina Harper, from the animated series Braceface
* Nina Harris, from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
* Nina Iseri, the main character of Girls Band Cry
* Nina Jarvis, from the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400
* Nina Katz, Aiden's girlfriend following Carrie Bradshaw, aka "The Face Girl" of Sex and the City
* Nina Lucas, from the ITV soap opera Coronation Street
* Nina Mandal, from Coronation Street
* Nina Martin, a character from House of Anubis
* Nina Mauricius–Sanders, a character from Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden
* Nina Myers, a terrorism analyst in the TV series 24
* Nina Natsume, from the Urara Meirocho
* Nina Neckerly, a giraffe from Camp Lazlo
* Nina Olivera, from Home and Away
* Nina Pickering, werewolf from the TV series Being Human
* Nina Price, also known as Vampire by Night, a Marvel Comics character
* Nina Purpleton, female lead character in Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
* Nina Reeves, from General Hospital
* Nina Rosario, from Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical In The Heights
* Nina Sakura, from Ultra Maniac
* Nina Salazar-Roberts, a main character in the Disney+ TV series, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
* Nina Sayers, from the 2010 film Black Swan
* Nina Sergeevna Krilova, former KGB officer in The Americans
* Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya, from Anton Chekhov's play The Seagull
* Nina Sharp, from Fringe
* Nina Simonetti, a character in the Argentine-Mexican Disney Channel Latin America telenovela Soy Luna
* Nina Skalka, from the American animated sitcom The Simpsons
* Nina Swanson, from the anime series Glitter Force (originally named Yui Midorikawa)
* Nina Thumbell, the daughter of Thumbelina from the Mattel franchise Ever After High
* Nina Tucker, from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
* Nina Tucker, from the anime Fullmetal Alchemist
* Nina Van Horn, from American TV show, Just Shoot Me!
* Nina van Rooyen, from the book Fiela's Child by Dalene Matthee
* Nina Vorhees, nickname of Nitia Vorhees, from The Passage
* Nina Wadekar, a Season 2 contestant in Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman
* Nina Walsh, from Smart_Guy
* Nina Wáng, from the anime Mai Otome
* Nina Webster, from the soap opera The Young and the Restless
* Nina Williams, a fictional assassin from the Tekken series of games
* Nina Williams, alternate name of Nene Williams, from Neighbours
* Nina Windia, from the Breath of Fire series of games
* Nina Yamada, from Mamotte! Lollipop
* Nina Yamada, a character from Blue Reflection Ray
* Nina Zenik, a character in the Six of Crows duology

## Surname

* Joe Nina, stage name of Makhosini Henry Xaba, (born 1974), South African singer
* Julián Apasa Nina, birthname of Túpac Katari (c. 1750–1781), Bolivian rebel
* Lorenzo Nina (1812–1885), Italian prelate
* Ur-Nina (fl. c. 2550 BC–2500 BC), Iraqi king