Minna (name)

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Minna is a female given name. In Germany, Minna is a nickname of Wilhelmina or . It is also a Finnish short form of Vilhelmina. The similar form of Wilma and Willa.

Name days[]

• Czech: 7 April (Hermina) or 7 January (Wilhelmina)
• Latvia: 14 October
• Finland, Estonia: 26 May

Given name[]

• Minna Aaltonen (born 1966), Finnish actress
• Minna Atherton (born 2000), Australian backstroke swimmer
• Minna Canth (1844–1897), Finnish writer and social activist
• Minna Citron (1896–1991), American painter
• (1853–1888), Latvian writer
• Minna Gale (1869–1944), American actress
• Minna Haapkylä (born 1973), Finnish actress
• Minna Herzlieb (1789-1865), German journalist
• Minna Planer (1809–1866), German actress
• Minna Salmela (born 1971), Finnish freestyle swimmer
• Minna Cauer (1841-1922), German educator, journalist and radical activist within the middle-class women's movement

Surname[]

• Maria Minna (born 1948), Canadian politician

Name variants[]

• Minna (German), (English), (Danish), (Latvian)
• Minka (Polish), (Bulgarian)
• Mína (Czech), (Slovak), (Bulgarian)
• Miina (Estonian), (Finnish)

See also[]

• Mina (given name)
• Minnie (disambiguation)

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