Female Name
Minna
ˈmɪ.na
ˈmin.nɑ
Overview
Gender
feminine
Origin
Categories
archaic German
currently out of the US top 1000
diminutives
German Animal Crossing characters
high jumpers
love
mixed martial artists
play titles
rare German
short forms
Characteristics
How people perceive this name
Overall Rating
77/100
classic80%
youthful65%
informal65%
natural80%
wholesome80%
refined140%
strange65%
simple100%
serious65%
Meaning & Etymology
Means "love" in Old German, specifically medieval courtly love. It is also used as a short form of Wilhelmina. This is the name of the title character in the play Minna von Barnhelm (1767) by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.