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My name is Mina. I like this name. It came from my Iranian/Persian parents. Means a small rose in Farsi.
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My name is Mina. I found many different meanings of it but I like this one the most: in old Greek Mina used to be a male name meaning the Moon phase. Then they started to use it as a female name.
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As a Dutch name, it could be derived from the Dutch word 'minne', which means 'love'.
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According to the anthropologist Tone Bringa in the book "Being Muslim the Bosnian Way", Mina is used in Bosnia as a diminutive of Emina.
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I believe this is a common Persian name that they use in Iran, I had a friend with the same name and in the language Persian it is MEE-naa, it is also a name not a nickname (in Persian though )
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In Slovenia, it's used as a form of Minka, which is a pet form of Marija.
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In Bulgaria "Mina" is a feminine name. Here it is also used as a short form of "Maria".
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"Mina" could be a short form of "Romina".
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"Mina" could be a short form of "Samina".
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Mina is occasionally used as a nickname for Monica.
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From the Latin meaning "musical".
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In Latin, the adjective "mina" usually means "smooth", not "musical".
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