♂♀ Name Nanna

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Nanna is a ♀ girl name and a ♂ boy name. That makes Nanna one of the gender-neutral unisex names.

Where does the name Nanna come from?

Nanna is an Old Norse name of Germanic origin. In Norse mythology, Nanna is the name of a goddess. She was the daughter of Nepr and the mother of Forseti. Nanna died of grief after the death of her husband Balder. Nanna is also a Scandinavian diminutive or pet form of names with the element “-an-“, e.g. Anna, Johanna, Amanda, Marianne or Andrea. The boy’s name Nanna, or Nannar, derived from the Sumerian mythology, where Nanna is a god of the moon.

What does the name Nanna mean?

In dialectal Swedish, Nanna means “mother”. Besides, Nanna has the meaning “bold”, “daring” and “brave” (from ancient Germanic “*nanþi-“). The meaning of the Sumerian boy’s name Nanna is not exactly known, but it could be “lamp”, “light” or “illuminator” (from Akkadian “na-an-na-ru”).

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