Anniina - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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A twentieth century form of the Italian Annina, which was made well known in Finland through the song Annina (1901) by Oskar Merikanto.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnːiːnɑ/, [ˈɑ̝nːiːnɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑnːiːnɑ
• Homophone: Annina
• Hyphenation^(key): An‧nii‧na

Anniina

1. a female given name

   • 2015, Pirjo Tuominen, Varjo vierellä käy, Tammi, →ISBN, page 249:

     Jotakin kaunista äiti silti tyttärelleen jätti. Kun köyhällä ei ollut muuta antaa, niin sievän nimen saattoi aina valita. Käärö kastettiin Elsa Anniinaksi. Kenties äidin rinnassa sykki romanttinen naisensydän kaiken katkerruden ja vihan alla.

     But her mother did leave her daughter something. Someone in poverty had nothing else to give, but she could still pick a pretty name. The swaddled baby was christened Elsa Anniina. Perhaps in the mother's chest there was a romantic woman's heart beating under all the bitterness and hate.

• Anniina is the 166^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 3,999 female individuals (and as a middle name to 11,326 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.