Minna (given name)

Minna is a feminine name of Germanic origin, meaning courtly love, and is also a diminutive of Wilhelmina. It is now particularly known in Finland and Sweden.

Notable people

A–F

• Minna Aalto (born 1965), Finnish sport sailor
• Minna Aaltonen (1966–2021), Finnish actress
• Minna Antrim (1861–1950), American writer
• Minna Arve (born 1974), Finnish politician
• Minna Atherton (born 2000), Australian competitive swimmer
• Minna Beckmann-Tube (1881–1964), German painter and opera singer, and wife of Max Beckmann
• Minna Canth (1844–1897), Finnish writer and social activist
• Minna Carleton (1847–1918), English novelist
• Minna Cauer (1841–1922), German educator, journalist and radical activist
• Minna Citron (1896–1991), American painter and printmaker
• Minna Cowan (1878–1951), British political activist
• Minna Craucher (1891–1932), Finnish socialite and spy
• Minna Everleigh (1866–1948), American brothel owner
• Minna Fernald (1860–1954), American botanical artist
• Minna Flake (1886–1958), German physician and socialist

G–M

• Minna Gale (1869–1944), American stage and film actress
• Minna Gombell (1892–1973), American stage and film actress
• Minna Grey (1868–1935), English film actress
• Minna Haapkylä (born 1973), Finnish film actress
• Minna B. Hall, American socialite and environmentalist
• Minna Harkavy (1887–1987), Estonian-American sculptor
• Minna Heponiemi (born 1977), Swedish footballer
• Minna Herzlieb (1789–1865), German publisher
• Minna Hesso (born 1976), Finnish snowboarder
• Minna Irving (1864–1940), American writer
• Minna Jørgensen (1904–1975), Danish film actress
• Minna Karhu (born 1971), Finnish freestyle skier
• Minna Kauppi (born 1982), Finnish orienteer
• Minna Keal (1909–1999), British composer
• Minna Keene (1861–1943), German-Canadian portrait photographer
• Minna Kleeberg (1841–1878), German-American poet
• Minna Lachs (1907–1993), Austrian educator and memoirist
• Minna Lammert or Tamm (1852–1921), German operatic mezzo-soprano
• Minna Lederman (1896–1995), American music writer and editor
• Minna Lehtola (born 1967), Finnish fencer
• Minna Lewinson (1897–1938), American journalist
• Minna Lindgren (born 1963), Finnish writer and journalist
• Minna Meriluoto (born 1985), Finnish football goalkeeper

N–Z

• Minna Nieminen (born 1976), Finnish rower
• Minna Nikkanen (born 1988), Finnish pole vaulter
• Minna Nystedt (born 1967), Norwegian speed skater
• Minna Painilainen-Soon (born 1964), Finnish sprinter
• Minna Palmroth, Finnish professor in computational space physics
• Minna Peschka-Leutner (1839–1890), Austrian opera singer
• Minna Planer (1809–1866), German actress and first wife of Richard Wagner
• Minna Rozen (born 1947), Israeli professor of Jewish history
• Minna Salami (born 1978), Finnish Nigerian journalist
• Minna Salmela (born 1971), Finnish freestyle sprint swimmer
• Minna Sirnö (born 1966), Finnish politician
• Minna Specht (1879–1961), German educator and socialist
• Minna Stess (born 2006), American Olympic skateboarder
• Minna Stocks (1846–1928), German painter
• Minna Sundberg (born 1990), Finnish illustrator and cartoonist
• Minna Telde (born 1974), Swedish horse rider
• Minna Turunen (born 1969), Finnish TV and film actress
• Minna Vehmasto (born 1962), Finnish high jumper
• Minna Weizmann (1889–?), Russian Jewish doctor
• Minna Wetlesen (1821–1891), Norwegian educator, teacher and author
• Minna Wettstein-Adelt (1869–c.1908), German-French journalist and writer
• Minna of Worms (died 1096), Jewish martyr

Fictional characters

• Minna Troil, a leading character in Walter Scott's novel The Pirate
• Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke, a major character in the media franchise Strike Witches
• Minna Häkkinen, the fictional Prime Minister of Finland in the US TV series Veep, played by Sally Phillips

References