Nanna

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.

Nanna

1. (Norse mythology) A goddess, the wife of Balder.

• Nanna (Norse deity) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Sumerian 𒀭𒋀𒆠 (^dnanna /⁠Nanna⁠/).

Nanna

1. The god of the moon in Sumerian mythology.

   Synonyms: Nanna-Suen, Sin, Suen

• Sin (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Italian Nanna.

Nanna (plural Nannas)

1. A surname from Italian.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Nanna is the 41303^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 527 individuals. Nanna is most common among White (88.43%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nanna”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 648.

• Annan, Nan'an, Nan-an

Nanna

1. (Norse mythology) Nanna.
2. a female given name, popular in the 1980s and the 1990s

From Old Norse Nanna, from Proto-Germanic *nanþ- (“brave, daring”), related to *ninþaną (“to dare”).

Nanna f

1. a female given name
2. (Norse mythology) Nanna

Matronymics

• son of Nanna: Nannuson
• daughter of Nanna: Nannudóttir

From Swedish Nanna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑnːɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): Nan‧na

Nanna

1. a female given name

• Nanna is the 426^th 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.

Probably from a feminine form of Nanni, or directly a diminutive of the personal name Giovanna.

Nanna m or f by sense

1. a surname originating as a matronymic

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2024

From Old Norse Nanna, from Proto-Germanic *nanþ- (“brave, daring”).

Nanna

1. (Norse mythology) Nanna

• Nanne

From Old Norse Nanna, from Proto-Germanic *nanþ- (“brave, daring”). The given name may also have other origins.

• IPA^(key): /²nanːa/

Nanna f

1. (Norse mythology) Nanna (Nepsdóttir), the wife of Balder.
2. a female given name from Old Norse

• Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Nanna”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN

• Nana

Nanna

1. a female given name

1. Dr. Förstemann Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch, 949.

From Old Norse Nanna, from Proto-Germanic *nanþ- (“brave, daring”), related to *ninþaną (“to dare”).

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Nanna c (genitive Nannas)

1. (Norse mythology) Nanna.
2. a female given name

• annan