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Nina (Spanish singer) (born 1932), professional name of Anna Maria Agustí Flores (born 1966), Spanish actress and singer; Nina, former ring name of Lisa Mary Moretti, who has also been known as Ivory (wrestler), Tina Ferrari and Tina Moretti (born 1961), American professional wrestler; Nina Barka (born Marie Smirsky, 1908–1986), French ...
Niña (Spanish for girl) is a given name, nickname and surname of Spanish origin. Notable people with this name include the following: Niña Corpuz (born 1977), Filipino broadcast journalist; Niña Dolino (born 1982), Filipino actress; Niña Jose, nickname of Mary Claire José (born 1988), Filipino actress.
The replacement of ñ with another letter alters the pronunciation and meaning of a word or name, in the same manner that replacing any letter in a given word with another one would. For example, Peña is a common Spanish surname and a common noun that means "rocky hill"; it is often anglicized as Pena , changing the name to the Spanish word ...
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 ...
As was tradition for Spanish ships of the day, she bore a female saint's name, Santa Clara. However, she was commonly referred to by her nickname, La Niña ('The Little Girl'), which was probably a pun on the name of her owner, Juan Niño of Moguer ('Niño', his surname, meaning 'Little Boy'). [1] She was a standard caravel-type vessel.
All pages with titles beginning with Nina; All pages with titles containing Nina; Nela (name) Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist who embedded "NINA", the name of his daughter, in most of his drawings, now used to describe messages hidden within crossword puzzles; Niña, the ship used by Christopher Columbus on his 1492 voyage; Niña ...
Many Catalan names are shortened to hypocoristic forms using only the final portion of the name (unlike Spanish, which mostly uses only the first portion of the name), and with a diminutive suffix (-et, -eta/-ita). Thus, shortened Catalan names taking the first portion of the name are probably influenced by the Spanish tradition.
Reina is also a Japanese name with different meanings depending on the kanji or hiragana symbols that are used to spell it, including (Japanese Kanji: 怜奈) meaning “wise.” [7] The name also has cognates in the Irish Ríona and Manx Reina, both also meaning "queen". Some forms of the name are short forms of the name Lorraine and its variants.