Minna
A girls’ name of Old High German origin, meaning will, desire; or memory, remembrance.
Minna by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Minna. In the US, 35 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 54 babies in 1916, making it a 1910s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Minna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Minafish100 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mirnamyrrh or aromatic resin26 in the US (2017)
- Minkawill; resolute protector; a form of Wilhelmina21 in the US (2017)
- Minnahfish; from Hebrew minnah18 in the US (2017)
- Mannawhat is it; divine sustenance4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Minha137 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Minna
Names that are said the same way as Minna, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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