Minna

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
6/13/2019, 12:17 AM	Mike C	update #104
7/2/2017, 10:39 PM	Mike C	update #95
1/10/2017, 9:56 AM	Mike C	update #94
12/3/2014, 12:28 AM	Mike C	update #89
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Feminine

Usage German (Archaic), Finnish, Swedish

Pronounced Pron. MI-na(German) MEEN-nah(Finnish)

Meaning & History

Means "love" in Old German, specifically medieval courtly love. It is also used as a short form of WILHELMINA. This is the name of the title character in the play Minna von Barnhelm (1767) by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.