Mina (Korean 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.

Egypt

Mina, Coptic Μήνης is a male given name for Egyptian Coptic Christians.

Mina in the Coptic language (derived from ancient Egyptian language) means: a person who is steadfast, committed, unrelenting or determined.

* Mina (fl. c. 3100 BC), a.k.a. Menes, legendary Egyptian ruler and the first pharaoh of Egypt.
* St. Mina ( Saint Menas; fl. 3rd century AD), Coptic religious leader (martyr)
* Mina, son of Apacyrus (fl. 749 AD), one of the leaders of the Bashmurian revolts

Arabic

Mina, Minah, Meena ( Arabic: مِينَا ''mīnā'') is an Arabic female given name transformed from the female given name " Amina", but perhaps the Arabic "Mina" is the Persian " Mina" which bears the meaning "stained (tinted) glass mirror", artistic paint (also generic name for enamel or varnish) for porcelain and metal.

See Mina (disambiguation)

Chinese

Mina is a Chinese female given name. It may be written as 米娜, 蜜娜 and 密娜. Na (娜) is a commonly used character in Chinese female names.

* Mina Shum (born 1966) is an independent Canadian filmmaker

Cambodian

Mina is a unisex name which means the month of March in the Cambodian language, Khmer. It is written មីនា.

India

Meena is an Indian female given name. The name is derived from Hindi मैना ''maina'' ultimately from Sanskrit मदन ''madana-s'', which means "joyful".

Japanese

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

* Mina Asami (born 1958), Japanese actress
* Mina Fukui (born 1984), Japanese actress
* Mina Harigae (born 1989), American golfer
* Mina Kasai (born 1984), Japanese voice actress
* Mina Matsushima (born 1991), Japanese swimmer
* Mina Myoi (born 1997), Japanese singer and member of South Korean girl group Twice
*Mina Ōba (born 1992), Japanese singer and actress
*, Japanese women's footballer
*, Japanese judoka

Korean

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.

* Bang Min-ah (born 1993), South Korean singer, member of Girl's Day
* Shim Mina (born 1972), South Korean singer
* Jung Mina (born 1979), South Korean ''gayageum'' singer-songwriter
* Shin Min-a (born 1984), South Korean actress
* Kwon Mina (born 1993), South Korean singer, member of AOA
*Jung Min-ah (born 1994), South Korean actress
* Kang Min-ah (born 1997), South Korean actress
* Justine Mina Ok (fl. 2000s), Korean American songwriter

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.

* Mina Cho (born 1960), South Korean writer
* Son Mi-na (born 1964), South Korean handball player
* Meena Lee (born 1981), South Korean golfer
* Kang Mi-na (born 1999), South Korean singer, member of I.O.I and Gugudan

Persian

Mina ( fa, مینا ''mīnā'') is a female given name in Iran, meaning "azure", "azure sky", "blue ( decanter) or glass", "glass bead", or "enamel". Mina is also another name of lapis lazuli ( Persian: لاجورد ''lājward'', colloquially "''lāzward''")

Mina is also the name for the birds mockingbird or myna ('''morgh-e-mina Persian: مرغِ مينا ''murgh-i mīnā'', literal meaning "''Mina'' bird"">nowiki/> Persian: مرغِ مينا ''murgh-i mīnā'', literal meaning "''Mina'' bird", which easily repeats many sounds like a human voice and the name of the flower marguerite (marguerite daisy) ("gol-e-mina" Persian: گلِ مينا ''gul-i mīnā'', literal meaning "''Mina'' flower"">nowiki/> Persian: گلِ مينا ''gul-i mīnā'', literal meaning "''Mina'' flower".

The Turkish spelling of the name is ''Mine''.

* Mina Assadi (born 1943), Iranian poet
* Mina Nouri (born 1951), Iranian painter
* Mina Ahadi (born 1956), Iranian politician
* Mina Hadjian (born 1975), Iranian-born Norwegian television host
* Mine Ercan (born 1978), Turkish women's wheelchair basketball player

Pashto

Mina or Meena ( ps, مینا) means "love" in Pashto, an Eastern Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and the northwestern regions of Pakistan, which is the feminine noun for the word "lover" – the masculine form is "māyan ماين". Although no source of it as used in a name except for the Persian " Mina". See Meena (disambiguation)

* Meena Keshwar Kamal (1956–1987), Afghan women's rights activist

Other

Mina can be a short form of the feminine names Wilhelmina, Hermina or Assimina (in the case of Greek names).

* Mina Bruere (died 1937), American banker
* Mina Loy (1882–1966), English poet
* Mina Karadžić, Serbian 19th century poet
* Mina (Italian singer) (born 1940), Italian singer
* Mina Kimes (born 1985), American journalist
* Mina Kostić (born 1969), Serbian folk singer
* Mina Minovici (1858–1933), Romanian forensic scientist
* Mina Orfanou (born 1982), Greek actress
* Mina Papatheodorou-Valyraki, Greek painter
* Mina Popović (born 1994), Serbian volleyball player
* Mina Shum, Canadian filmmaker

Fictional

* Meenah Peixes in the webcomic '' Homestuck''
* Mina (''Dragonlance''), herald of the One God in ''Dragonlance''
* Mina, in the animated series '' Jelly Jamm''
* Mina in '' Karakai Jozu no Takagi-san''
* Mina, the main character in Mina and the Count
* Mina, artist and Trial Captain of Poni Island in '' Pokémon Sun & Moon'' and '' Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon''
* Mina Aino, Sailor Venus in the ''Sailor Moon'' anime and manga series
* Mina Ashido in '' My Hero Academia'' anime and manga series
* Mina Beff in Todd Kauffman's '' Grojband''
* Mina Carolina in the anime and manga series ''Attack on Titan''
* Mina Harker (née Murray), the protagonist and heroine in Bram Stoker's novel ''Dracula'', also appearing in other media
* Mina Kim in the game ''Mystic Messenger''
* Mina Loveberry, a magical warrior in '' Star vs. the Forces of Evil''
* Mina Majikina in the video game ''Samurai Shodown''
* Mina McKee in David Almond's children's book '' Skellig'' and its prequel '' My Name is Mina''
* Mina Mongoose, female mongoose in the comic series ''Sonic the Hedgehog''
* Mina Monroe in the animated series Bunnicula
* Mina Nakanotani in anime and manga ''Air Master''
* Mina Rai in the video game '' Yandere Simulator''
* Mina Tepeş in the Japanese manga series ''Dance in the Vampire Bund''
* Mina Tsukishiro in the Japanese anime series ''Getsumento Heiki Mina''
* Seong Mi-na in the ''Soul'' series of fighting video games
* Yoo Mi-na in 2012 South Korean television series '' Time Slip Dr. Jin''

See also

* Minna (name)
* Wilhelmina (disambiguation)
* Mena (given name)
* Minnie (disambiguation)

References

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English feminine given names
Iranian feminine given names
Japanese feminine given names
Korean feminine given names
Pakistani feminine given names
Serbian feminine given names