Minna (given name)

Minna

Minna Canth, a Finnish writer and social activist
Gender	female
Origin
Word/name	Germanic
Other names
Related names	Mina, Wilhelmina

Minna is a feminine name of Germanic origin, meaning courtly love, and is also a diminutive of Wilhelmina. It is now particularly known in Finland and Sweden. ^{[1] [2]}

Notable people

A–F

• Minna Aalto (born 1965), Finnish sport sailor
• Minna Aaltonen (1966–2021), Finnish actress
• Minna Antrim (1861–1950), American writer
• Minna Arve (born 1974), Finnish politician
• Minna Atherton (born 2000), Australian competitive swimmer
• Minna Beckmann-Tube (1881–1964), German painter and opera singer, and wife of Max Beckmann
• Minna Canth (1844–1897), Finnish writer and social activist
• Minna Carleton (1847–1918), English novelist
• Minna Cauer (1841–1922), German educator, journalist and radical activist
• Minna Citron (1896–1991), American painter and printmaker
• Minna Cowan (1878–1951), British political activist
• Minna Craucher (1891–1932), Finnish socialite and spy
• Minna Everleigh (1866–1948), American brothel owner
• Minna Fernald (1860–1954), American botanical artist
• Minna Flake (1886–1958), German physician and socialist

G–M

• Minna Gale (1869–1944), American stage and film actress
• Minna Gombell (1892–1973), American stage and film actress
• Minna Grey (1868–1935), English film actress
• Minna Haapkylä (born 1973), Finnish film actress
• Minna B. Hall, American socialite and environmentalist
• Minna Harkavy (1887–1987), Estonian-American sculptor
• Minna Heponiemi (born 1977), Swedish footballer
• Minna Herzlieb (1789–1865), German publisher
• Minna Hesso (born 1976), Finnish snowboarder
• Minna Irving (1864–1940), American writer
• Minna Jørgensen (1904–1975), Danish film actress
• Minna Karhu (born 1971), Finnish freestyle skier
• Minna Kauppi (born 1982), Finnish orienteer
• Minna Keal (1909–1999), British composer
• Minna Keene (1861–1943), German-Canadian portrait photographer
• Minna Kleeberg (1841–1878), German-American poet
• Minna Lachs (1907–1993), Austrian educator and memoirist
• Minna Lammert or Tamm (1852–1921), German operatic mezzo-soprano
• Minna Lederman (1896–1995), American music writer and editor
• Minna Lehtola (born 1967), Finnish fencer
• Minna Lewinson (1897–1938), American journalist
• Minna Lindgren (born 1963), Finnish writer and journalist
• Minna Meriluoto (born 1985), Finnish football goalkeeper

N–Z

• Minna Nieminen (born 1976), Finnish rower
• Minna Nikkanen (born 1988), Finnish pole vaulter
• Minna Nystedt (born 1967), Norwegian speed skater
• Minna Painilainen-Soon (born 1964), Finnish sprinter
• Minna Palmroth, Finnish professor in computational space physics
• Minna Peschka-Leutner (1839–1890), Austrian opera singer
• Minna Planer (1809–1866), German actress and first wife of Richard Wagner
• Minna Rozen (born 1947), Israeli professor of Jewish history
• Minna Salami (born 1978), Finnish Nigerian journalist
• Minna Salmela (born 1971), Finnish freestyle sprint swimmer
• Minna Sirnö (born 1966), Finnish politician
• Minna Specht (1879–1961), German educator and socialist
• Minna Stess (born 2006), American Olympic skateboarder
• Minna Stocks (1846–1928), German painter
• Minna Sundberg (born 1990), Finnish illustrator and cartoonist
• Minna Telde (born 1974), Swedish horse rider
• Minna Turunen (born 1969), Finnish TV and film actress
• Minna Vehmasto (born 1962), Finnish high jumper
• Minna Weizmann (1889–?), Russian Jewish doctor
• Minna Wetlesen (1821–1891), Norwegian educator, teacher and author
• Minna Wettstein-Adelt (1869–c.1908), German-French journalist and writer
• Minna of Worms (died 1096), Jewish martyr

Fictional characters

• Minna Troil, a leading character in Walter Scott's novel The Pirate
• Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke, a major character in the media franchise Strike Witches
• Minna Häkkinen, the fictional Prime Minister of Finland in the US TV series Veep, played by Sally Phillips

References

1. Campbell, Mike. "Minna". Behind the name. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
2. http://verkkopalvelu.vrk.fi/Nimipalvelu/default.asp?L=1 nimipalvelu