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Anina
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
nb The immediate formation of the given name is uncertain. Store norske leksikon describes nb Anina as possibly derived from one of the female given names nb Anna, nb Anne or nb Ane.28 May 2024 Gulbrand Alhaug Anina – kvinnenamn Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Anina_-_kvinnenamn https://web.archive.org/web/20260916111154/https://snl.no/Anina_-_kvinnenamn 16 September 2026 Nordic Names instead analyses it as a Romance diminutive of la Anna, formed with the diminutive suffix -ina after a stem ending in -n.1 January 2020 Anina Nordic Names https://www.nordicnames.de/w/index.php?title=Anina&oldid=410133
The name ultimately belongs to the nb Anna name family, from nb la-lat Anna female given name, from nb grc-koi Ἄννα Ánna Anna, from nb hbo חַנָּה Ḥannāh Hannah; grace, favour.
Compare da Anina and sv Anina female given name.
Alternative forms
nb Anine Annina Annine
Pronunciation
nb /aˈniːna/ [aˈniːna]
nb iːna 3
nb A ni na
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb female Latin < Ancient Greek < Biblical Hebrew Anna
nb Anina kommer på besøk i morgen. Anina is coming to visit tomorrow.
nb 1 March 2022 Linn-Eva Sæter Tjeldsund Ungdomsråd er konstituert Tjeldsund kommune https://www.tjeldsund.kommune.no/tjeldsund-ungdomsraad-er-konstituert.6511093-518811.html 3. Vara Emmelin Anina Sæter Bendiksen, 7.klasse, Kongsvik skole Third alternate: Emmelin Anina Sæter Bendiksen, seventh grade, Kongsvik School. https://web.archive.org/web/20220302194622/https://www.tjeldsund.kommune.no/tjeldsund-ungdomsraad-er-konstituert.6511093-518811.html 2 March 2022 16 September 2026
Usage notes
No separate Norwegian name day for nb Anina is listed by Store norske leksikon or Nordic Names.
In the 1910 Norwegian census, three women were recorded with the spelling nb Anina; the closely related spellings nb Anine, nb Annina and nb Annine were also in use and may sometimes have been used interchangeably for the same people.12 April 2021 Annine Babyverden https://www.babyverden.no/navn/annine/
Statistics
According to Statistics Norway data reported by Babyverden, 47 women in Norway had nb Anina as their first or sole given name as of 1 January 2022.3 June 2022 Anniina Babyverden https://www.babyverden.no/navn/anniina/
Etymology 2
thumb|The former ironworks in Anina, Romania.
nb ro Anina, the name of a city in Romania. The Romanian place name is derived from nb ro anin alder, an assimilated variant of ro arin alder. The latter is probably from Vulgar Latin la-vul *alīnus, from la-vul *alnīnus, formed from Latin la alnus alder and la -īnus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ine-pro *h₂élsnos alder.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb city county/Caraș-Severin r/Banat c/Romania
nb Anina ligger i Banat i det vestlige Romania. Anina is in Banat in western Romania.
nb 1 August 2026 Jardar Seim Knut Hofstad Økonomi og næringsliv i Romania Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/%C3%98konomi_og_n%C3%A6ringsliv_i_Romania De viktigste steinkullfeltene har vært i Sør-Karpatene ved Petroşani (Jiudalen) og Anina (nær Reşiţa). The most important hard-coal fields have been in the Southern Carpathians at Petroșani (the Jiu Valley) and Anina (near Reșița). https://web.archive.org/web/20260311115746/https://snl.no/%C3%98konomi_og_n%C3%A6ringsliv_i_Romania 11 March 2026
References
Kruken, Kristoffer and Ola Stemshaug (1995), Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget.
Anagrams
nb aainn Naina
Romanian
Etymology
From ro anin.
Pronunciation
ro Ro-Anina.ogg
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Anina.wav
Proper noun
f
ro city county/Caraș-Severin c/Romania