Nanna
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Uncertain, possibly from Proto-Germanic *nanþ- (“brave,daring”), from *ninþaną (“to dare”); or from an Old Norse baby talk word for "mother," as in nanna, nanny.
Proper noun
[edit]Nanna
Further reading
[edit]- Nanna (Norse deity) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Sumerian 𒀭𒋀𒆠 (dnanna /Nanna/).
Proper noun
[edit]Nanna
- The god of the moon in Sumerian mythology.
- Synonyms: Nanna-Suen, Sin, Suen
Further reading
[edit]- Sin (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 3
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Nanna (plural Nannas)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Nanna is the 41303rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 527 individuals. Nanna is most common among White (88.43%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nanna”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 648.
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Nanna
- (Norse mythology) Nanna.
- a female given name, popular in the 1980s and the 1990s
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Nanna, from Proto-Germanic *nanþ- (“brave, daring”), related to *ninþaną (“to dare”).
Proper noun
[edit]Nanna f
- a female given name
- (Norse mythology) Nanna
Usage notes
[edit]Matronymics
- son of Nanna: Nannuson
- daughter of Nanna: Nannudóttir
Declension
[edit]Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Nanna |
Accusative | Nannu |
Dative | Nannu |
Genitive | Nannu |
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Nanna
- a female given name
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Nanna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Nanna | Nannat | |
genitive | Nannan | Nannojen | |
partitive | Nannaa | Nannoja | |
illative | Nannaan | Nannoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Nanna | Nannat | |
accusative | nom. | Nanna | Nannat |
gen. | Nannan | ||
genitive | Nannan | Nannojen Nannain rare | |
partitive | Nannaa | Nannoja | |
inessive | Nannassa | Nannoissa | |
elative | Nannasta | Nannoista | |
illative | Nannaan | Nannoihin | |
adessive | Nannalla | Nannoilla | |
ablative | Nannalta | Nannoilta | |
allative | Nannalle | Nannoille | |
essive | Nannana | Nannoina | |
translative | Nannaksi | Nannoiksi | |
abessive | Nannatta | Nannoitta | |
instructive | — | Nannoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Nanna is the 426th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 925 female individuals (and as a middle name to 176 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from a feminine form of Nanni, or directly a diminutive of the personal name Giovanna.
Proper noun
[edit]Nanna m or f by sense
- a surname originating as a matronymic
Further reading
[edit]- Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2024
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Nanna, from Proto-Germanic *nanþ- (“brave, daring”).
Proper noun
[edit]Nanna
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Nanna, from Proto-Germanic *nanþ- (“brave, daring”). The given name may also have other origins.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Nanna f
- (Norse mythology) Nanna (Nepsdóttir), the wife of Balder.
- a female given name from Old Norse
References
[edit]- Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Nanna”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
Old High German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Nanna
- a female given name
References
[edit]- Dr. Förstemann Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch, 949.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Nanna, from Proto-Germanic *nanþ- (“brave, daring”), related to *ninþaną (“to dare”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Nanna c (genitive Nannas)
- (Norse mythology) Nanna.
- a female given name
Anagrams
[edit]- English terms with unknown etymologies
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English onomatopoeias
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Norse mythology
- English terms borrowed from Sumerian
- English terms derived from Sumerian
- English terms borrowed from Italian
- English terms derived from Italian
- English surnames
- English surnames from Italian
- en:Mesopotamian deities
- en:Moon
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Norse mythology
- Danish given names
- Danish female given names
- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese female given names
- fo:Norse mythology
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑnːɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑnːɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian proper nouns with irregular gender
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian nouns with multiple genders
- Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- Italian surnames
- Italian surnames from matronymics
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Norse mythology
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- nn:Norse mythology
- Norwegian Nynorsk given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk female given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk female given names from Old Norse
- Old High German lemmas
- Old High German proper nouns
- Old High German given names
- Old High German female given names
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Norse mythology
- Swedish given names
- Swedish female given names