Minna

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Gender: Female Origin of Minna: German, diminutive of Wilhelmina Meaning of Wilhelmina: German, feminine variation of Wilhelm, "resolute protection"

The name Minna is a girl's name of German origin. Minna and discussed in our forums with posts like "Names on NB that make you go WOW!".

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One of those pan-European nickname names most popular these days in places like Finland.

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Christiane Friederike Wilhelmine "Minna (Minchen)" Herzlieb, German foster-daughter of publisher Karl Ernst Friedrich Frommann and muse of Goethe
Minna Canth (born Ulrika Wilhelmina Johnsson), Finnish playwright
Minna Lachs, Austrian educator and memoirist
Minna Kottke, daughter of internet pioneers Jason Kottke and Meg Hourihan

Minna Hakkinen, former Prime Minister of Finland on TV series Veep