Minna

Minna is a feminine name of Germanic origin, meaning courtly love, and is also a diminutive of Wilhelmina. It is now particularly known in Finland and Sweden. Notable people A–F Minna Aalto (born 1965), Finnish sport sailor Minna Aaltonen (1966–2021), Finnish actress Minna Antrim (1861–1950), American writer Minna Arve (born 1974), Finnish politician Minna Atherton (born 2000), Australian competitive swimmer Minna Beckmann-Tube (1881–1964), German painter and opera singer, and wife of Max Beckmann Minna Canth (1844–1897), Finnish writer and social activist Minna Carleton (1847–1918), English novelist Minna Cauer (1841–1922), German educator, journalist and radical activist Minna Citron (1896–1991), American painter and printmaker Minna Cowan (1878–1951), British political activist Minna Craucher (1891–1932), Finnish socialite and spy Minna Everleigh (1866–1948), American brothel owner Minna Fernald (1860–1954), American botanical artist Minna Flake (1886–1958), German physician and socialist G–M Minna Gale (1869–1944), American stage and film actress Minna Gombell (1892–1973), American stage and film actress Minna Grey (1868–1935), English film actress Minna Haapkylä (born 1973), Finnish film actress Minna B. Hall, American socialite and environmentalist Minna Harkavy (1887–1987), Estonian-American sculptor Minna Heponiemi (born 1977), Swedish footballer Minna Herzlieb (1789–1865), German publisher Minna Hesso (born 1976), Finnish snowboarder Minna Jørgensen (1904–1975), Danish film actress Minna Karhu (born 1971), Finnish freestyle skier Minna Kauppi (born 1982), Finnish orienteer Minna Keal (1909–1999), British composer Minna Keene (1861–1943), German-Canadian portrait photographer Minna Kleeberg (1841–1878), German-American poet Minna Lachs (1907–1993), Austrian educator and memoirist Minna Lammert or Tamm (1852–1921), German operatic mezzo-soprano Minna Lederman (1896–1995), American music writer and editor Minna Lehtola (born 1967), Finnish fencer Minna Lewinson (1897–1938), American journalist Minna Lindgren (born 1963), Finnish writer and journalist Minna Meriluoto (born 1985), Finnish football goalkeeper