Minna

== English == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Minna The largest city and state capital of Niger State, Nigeria. == Danish == === Etymology === From German Minna. === Proper noun === Minna a female given name == Estonian == === Etymology === From German Minna. === Proper noun === Minna a female given name == Faroese == === Proper noun === Minna f a female given name ==== Usage notes ==== Matronymics Minna's son: Minnuson Minna's daughter: Minnudóttir ==== Declension ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === A pet form of Vilhelmiina, perhaps via German Minna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈminːɑ/, [ˈminːɑ̝] Rhymes: -inːɑ Syllabification(key): Min‧na Hyphenation(key): Min‧na === Proper noun === Minna a female given name ==== Usage notes ==== Very popular in Finland the 1960s and 1970s. ==== Declension ==== ==== Statistics ==== Minna is the 5th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 27,480 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,930 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === References === === Anagrams === manin, minan, namin == German == === Etymology === Popularized by the comedy Minna von Barnhelm (1767) by G. E. Lessing, see quotations. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɪna/ === Proper noun === Minna a diminutive of the female given name Wilhelmina === Noun === Minna f (genitive Minna, plural Minnas) (colloquial, dated) domestic, servant Synonym: Hausangestellte Ich bin doch nicht deine Minna! ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) ==== Derived terms ==== grüne Minna zur Minna machen === Further reading === “Minna”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “Minna (Hausangestellte, Polizeiwagen)” in Duden online “Minna” in Duden online