Minah

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in Malay: a certain woman

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/maɪnə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Minah is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Korea than in any other country. In Finland it is the 31st most common given name.

rarermore common
  • RORomania≈1 in 1.7K(inferred from the name graph)
  • FIFinland1 in 190as Minna
  • KRSouth Korea≈1 in 1.7Kas 민아

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Minah itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Korea (inferred from the name graph)

≈31,000 named 민아, est.

#791 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

7 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
417 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Romania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MinaLatin(measured from records)
מינהHebrew(measured from records)
민아Hangul(measured from records)
МиннаCyrillic(measured from records)
ΜηναGreek(measured from records)
მინაGeorgian(measured from records)
ମୀନOdia(measured from records)

6 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Mina in US United States, NO Norway, ID Indonesia, Minna in FI Finland, SE Sweden, 민아 in KR South Korea and מינה in RO Romania.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Alternative spelling of myna.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

How Minah is read(measured from records)

Minah is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Malay30%

    a certain woman.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • English23%

    Alternative spelling of myna.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Hebrew20%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Minah in Hebrew.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Minah counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Minah is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
KR South Korea#155≈31,000 est.≈1 in 1.7K343민아104
FI Finland#3129,376as Minna1 in 19031KMinna133
US United States—19,867as Mina1 in 17K17KMina417
ID Indonesia—≈14,000 est.≈1 in 19KlistedMina103
RO Romania#192≈13,000 est.≈1 in 1.7K—מינה16
NO Norway#6614,802as Mina1 in 1.1K16KMina62
SE Sweden#4284,686as Minna1 in 2.2K4.7KMinna51

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Supreme Court — newborn given names; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); the id-github-names register; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Minah is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Africa, United States, Malaysia, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Min-Ah, Miñah, Mínàh

  • Arabic given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Egypt, United States, Morocco

    Also written Mīnah

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, South Africa, Malaysia, Philippines

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Minäh

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, South Africa, United States

    Also written Min-Ah

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Min-Ah, Mīnah

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Minah is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Arabic, gifts, favours; pl. of Minhah dass

    as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names

  • Sierra Leone: name

    as a nameAfrican Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Minah,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 29 sources across 18 countries.

Official registers attesting Minah
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020434#22,492
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—52#11,715
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—48#13,983
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)202036—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201934—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201834—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201731—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201630—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201527—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201422—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201322—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201320—

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Minah come from?
Alternative spelling of myna. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Minah?
A machine transcription gives /maɪnə/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Minah mean?
In Malay, a certain woman.
Is Minah a male or female name?
Minah is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Minah?
In the etymology graph, Myna is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Minah have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 31 thousand people named 민아 in South Korea, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Minah?
In Finland, the national register counted 29,376 people named Minna, about 1 in 190 residents.
How common is Minah compared with other names?
In South Korea, Minah is the 155th most common given name of 67,037 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Minah” — the 155th most common given name in South Korea. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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