Nena is a given name, nickname and sometimes a surname. It is an English and Spanish feminine given name that is a diminutive form of Antonina and Giannina and thus an alternate form of Nina used in United States, most of Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Western Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Falkland Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, India, Pakistan, Spain, England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Guyana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Cameroon and Nigeria. [1] It is also an Afroasiatic feminine given name used throughout Africa and a South Slavic feminine short form of Nevenka and Nevena used in Slovenia as a given name and in other South Slavic countries as a nickname. [2] [3] People bearing it include:
Nacho is the common short form of the Spanish name Ignacio. The feminine form is Nacha, for the given name Ignacia.
Bogdan or Bohdan is a Slavic masculine name that appears in all Slavic countries as well as Romania and Moldova. It is derived from the Slavic words Bog/Boh, meaning "god", and dan, meaning "given". The name appears to be an early calque from Greek Theodore or Hebrew Matthew with the same meaning. The name is also used as a surname in Hungary. Bogdana is the feminine version of the name.
Zlatan is a male given name of Slavic origin meaning Golden. The name is common amongst all South Slavic countries, namely in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia and Serbia. The name is found in particularly high frequencies in Bosnia because it is considered ethnically neutral amongst the three dominant Bosnian ethnicities: Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats. The name is derived from the South Slavic word zlato - from the Old Slavic root zolto (gold).
Kovač, meaning "blacksmith" in South Slavic languages, is a common surname in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia and Serbia.
Nina may refer to:
Ivana is a feminine given name of Slavic origin that is also popular in southern Ireland, France, French-speaking Canada, the Mediterranean and Latin America. It is the feminine form of the name Ivan, which are both the Slavic cognates of the names Joanna and John. It may also be spelled as Ivanna.
Nikola is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek Nikolaos (Νικόλαος). It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries, while in West Slavic countries it is primarily found as a feminine given name. There is a wide variety of male diminutives of the name, examples including: Niko, Nikolica, Nidžo, Nikolče, Nikša, Nikica, Nikulitsa, Nino, Kole, Kolyo, Kolyu.
Ivan is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name Iōánnēs from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן Yôḥānnān meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was the Bulgarian Saint Ivan of Rila.
Toni, Toñi or Tóni is a unisex given name.
Dejan is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic verb dejati, meaning "to act, to do". The name and the derived surname Dejanović are common among South Slavs.
Nina is a feminine given name with various origins and alternate spellings accordingly. Nina may also serve as a short form of names ending in "-nina/-ina", such as Clementina, Christina, or Giannina. It serves as a diminutive of the variation of nevertheless original form of Hebrew name, “Johannah”, or “Joanina”.
Antonia, Antónia, Antônia, or Antonía is a feminine given name and a surname. It is of Roman origin, used as the name of women of the Antonius family. Its meaning is "priceless", "praiseworthy" and "beautiful". Antonia is a Danish, Dutch, English, Faroese, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, and Swedish name used in the United States, most of Canada, the Latin American states, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Philippines, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, India, Pakistan, Spain, Italy, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, part of Serbia, Nordic countries, Greenland, Estonia, Republic of Karelia, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, and Ethiopia.
Jadranka is a feminine given name, the South Slavic variant of Adriana. Notable people with the name include:
Nia is a given name which appears in many cultures.
Cárdenas is a locational surname originating in La Rioja, Spain. In Spain, Cárdenas is the 287th most frequently surname, accounting for 0.37% of the population. It is the 296th most popular surname in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia.
Savina is both a given name and a surname. As a surname in Slavic countries it is the feminine counterpart of Savin
Neno is a Croatian and Serbian given name of Slavic origin that is a diminutive form of Nenad in Croatia and Serbia. It is also a nickname and surname.
Nela is a Croatian, Czech and Slovak feminine given name that serves as a diminutive form of Antonela and Antonie in Croatia, Czech Republic and Slovakia. It is also a Danish, German, Norwegian and Swedish given name that serves as a short form of Cornelia in Denmark, Greenland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Austria, Namibia, and parts of Switzerland, Hungary and Romania. It is also a surname. Notable people with this name include the following:
Nene is a feminine and masculine given name, surname and nickname in several cultures.