Save Gender Feminine Usage Norwegian, Finnish, Hungarian, Polish, Swedish, Slovene Pronounced Pron. MING-kah(Finnish) MEEN-kah(Hungarian) [key] Meaning & History Diminutive of Mina 1, a short form of Vilhelmina, Wilhelmina, Hermine, Romina and other names containing mina or mine. In Sweden its earliest documented usage is 1799. Finnish name day is on April 11.