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Why parents love Mina- Dracula's Mina Harker is literature's most resilient heroine.
- The meaning love is universal.
- Four letters with a gentle, elegant sound: MEE-nah.
- It works across Germanic, Arabic, Persian, and English cultures.
- It bridges West and East beautifully.
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The vibe of Mina
loveDraculaharbourPersianGermanicHarkerelegantresilient
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Origin & history of Mina
Germanic minna (love) / Arabic mina (harbour) / Persian mina (enamel)
→ Mina
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Italian / Germanic / Scottish / Hindu / Slovenian roots
Mina has multiple origins: Germanic minna (love/memory), Arabic (harbour), and Persian (blue glass). Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) features Mina Harker as the resilient heroine who helps defeat the count. Mina is common across Egypt, Iran, and East Asia. The name works across many cultures.
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First recorded
Earliest known use: Used across multiple cultures; Bram Stoker's Dracula published 1897.
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Today
Mina remains a beloved choice, ranking #658 in the US. 19,429 babies have been named Mina since 1880.
◈ Sources: Behind the Name, SSA data
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How popular is Mina?
2023
peak year
Mina has settled into a steady rhythm — neither rising sharply nor fading, holding a consistent place in U.S. birth records. It currently ranks around #658, with about 467 babies named Mina each year. In 2023, 512 babies received the name (ranked #586). Total registrations across all years since 1880: roughly 19,429.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
512
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #586)
(ranked #586)
467
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
4,670
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
19,429
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Mina1
Life path number
The Leader
Leadership, independence and pioneering spirit.
Mina's Life Path 7 is the seeker's number — seeking love across cultures. People named Mina tend to be resilient, loving, and gifted at defeating whatever darkness comes.
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Defeats the darkness✦
Resilient love◈
Harbour-safe◎
Cross-cultural beauty♡
Dracula-defeating strengthM4
I9
N5
A1
Sum: 19 → Life path 1
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Personality of Mina🌟
Independent & bold
These individuals chart their own course. They lead, they don't follow.
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Ambitious drive
Quiet determination sits behind everything they do.
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Original ideas
Their minds work differently — seeing angles others walk past.
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Natural authority
Without trying, they earn respect.
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