Girl · German
Minna
Say it: MIN-nah
Meaning
Usually a pet form of Wilhelmina, sometimes linked to Middle High German minne 'love'.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Lessing's comedy Minna von Barnhelm made the name familiar in the 18th century.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 3,010 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1889, about 1 in 4,100 girls
- 32 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Mina
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- Parish baptism registers
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.