Ninian
Scottish and Irish, meaning unknown
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Updated Wed Apr 17 2024
Ninian Origin and Meaning
The name Ninian is a boy's name of Scottish origin.
Ancient Irish saint's name that's unlikely, because of its similarity to "ninny," to join cousin Finian in popularity.
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Famous People Named Ninian
- Saint Ninian5th,century Celtic saint, believed to have been a missionary to the Picts
- Ninian Martin Stephen20th Governor,General of Australia
- Ninian EdwardsU.S. Senator and Governor of Illinois
- (Roderick) Ninian SmartScottish writer and educator
- (John) Ninian ComperScottish architect
- Ninian CockburnScottish soldier and officer of the Garde Écossaise
- Ninian PinkneyU.S. Naval surgeon
- Ninian SandersonScottish racing driver
- Ninian Chirneysidea servant of the Earl of Bothwell, denounced as a rebel in 1591 for failing to appear at a hearing before King James VI of Scotland on charges of treason and witchcraft
Ninian in Pop Culture
- Ninian Deaconcharacter in Zona Gale's 1920 novel Miss Lulu Bett
- St. Ninian'schurch in the Redwall series by Brian Jacques