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Nina

Slavic at root, with a meaning that settled in Polish as "God is gracious": łaska, the favour that is given, not earned. After peaking through the 2010s it has been easing off, though it still rings familiar and goes only to girls.

Nina Pronunciation

Nina is pronounced NYEE-nah (/ˈɲina/).

Alive in 2025
49,205
Newborns 2025
759
National rank
#191
Next name day
14 January
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What Nina means

Where Nina comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

The name Nina grew from Slavic roots, and the meaning fixed to it in Polish is bóg łaskaw, God is gracious. In English that reads as grace, or favour. It is a short name. Four letters, easy for a small hand to write on a school register.

The sense of grace settled on Nina over time, and Polish ears still catch łaska in it, the favour that is given rather than earned. The word is old and plain, and it keeps the name close to earth.

In Poland the calendar of imieniny gives Nina several dates. The fourteenth of January is widely kept, and the fifteenth of December is the most common. Its patron is Saint Nina of Georgia, a figure from the fourth century credited with bringing Christianity to that land. So the four letters carry both a Slavic origin and a Polish reading, łaska, grace.

When Nina celebrates name day

Nina appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 14 January.

Next name day
14 January
Thursday in 2027
Next one in 81 days
Name days

The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.

How many people are named Nina

1 in 458 women in Poland is named Nina. 49,205 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #191 among female names.

People with the name Nina 2019 → 2025
49,205 +15,402 since 2019
2020 34,994 +1,191
2021 36,794 +1,800
2022 38,864 +2,070
2023 45,934 +7,070
2024 47,804 +1,870
2025 49,205 +1,401

Nina's popularity over time

759 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #80 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2000.

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759 newborns with the name Nina in 2025
national rank #80 that year

Where parents choose Nina

Nina is most popular in Pomeranian, 23% above the national average (650 girls born 2019–2025), followed by West Pomeranian (+20%) and Greater Poland (+19%). It is least common in Holy Cross and Łódź, 30% and 24% below average respectively.

Chosen most
  • Pomeranian
    +23%
    1 in 227 babies
  • West Pomeranian
    +20%
    1 in 233 babies
  • Greater Poland
    +19%
    1 in 235 babies
Chosen least
  • Holy Cross
    −30%
    1 in 399 babies
  • Łódź
    −24%
    1 in 366 babies
  • Lesser Poland
    −13%
    1 in 321 babies

Nina as a middle name

Nina is a first name for 49,205 women in Poland and a middle name for another 6,424, an 88/12 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 134th, between Malwina (6,445) and Apolonia (6,256).

As a first name
49,205
As a middle name
6,424
first name 88% middle name 12%
Middle-name ranking women

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