Nana (given name)
Nana is a given name that has different origins in several countries across the world. Its use as a feminine or masculine name varies culturally. It is feminine in Japan, Georgia and Greece, and it is masculine in Ethiopia and India, and epicene in Ghana and Indonesia. In Georgia, Nana is the fifth most popular given name for girls. In Ghana, among the Akan people, particularly the Akyem, Ashanti and Akuapim peoples, Nana is used as the title of a monarch to signify their status. Furthermore, the stool name of kings and queens is always preceded by Nana. Non-royal Ghanaian people also use Nana as a given name. In some cases, they may adopt the name Nana, if they have been named after a monarch. In Ghana, one can respectfully refer to a King or Queen as Nana without mentioning their full name. In India, nana means father in Telugu language.
| Pronunciation | /ˈnɑːnə/, /ˈnana/, /naˈna/ |
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| Gender | varies |
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| Meaning | varies |
| Region of origin | Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, India , Japan |
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People
Acting
- Nana Komatsu (born 1996), a Japanese model and actress
- Nana Ama McBrown (born 1980), a Ghanaian actress
- Nana Bryant (1888–1955), an American film actress
- Nana Jorjadze (born 1948), a Georgian film director and scriptwriter
- Nana Eikura (born 1988), a Japanese model and actress
- Nana Katase (born 1981), a Japanese actress
- Nana Ozaki (actress), a Japanese actress
- Nana Palsikar (1907–1984), an Indian film actor
- Nana Patekar (born 1951), an Indian actor and filmmaker
- Nana Visitor (born 1957), an American actress
- Nana Yamaguchi (born 1938), a Japanese voice actress
- Nana Yanagisawa (born 1987), a Japanese actress and fashion model
Art
- Nana Haruta (born 1985), a Japanese manga artist
- Nana Meskhidze (1936–1997), a Georgian artist-painter
Music
- Nana Caymmi (born 1941), a Brazilian singer
- Nana Gualdi (1932–2007), a German singer and actress
- Nana Hedin (born 1968), a Swedish singer
- Nana Kitade (born 1987), a Japanese J-Rock singer
- Nana Mizuki (born 1980), a Japanese voice actress and singer
- Nana Mouskouri (born 1934), a Greek singer
- Nana Okada (singer, born 1959), a Japanese idol and actress
- Nana Okada (born 1997), a Japanese idol and member of the groups AKB48 & STU48
- Nana Kwame Abrokwa (born 1968), a German rapper and DJ
- Nana Tanimura (born 1987), a Japanese pop singer
- Naná Vasconcelos (1944-2016), a Brazilian Latin jazz percussionist, vocalist and berimbau player
- Nana (born Im Jin-ah, 1991), a female South Korean singer, actress and model
Politics
- Nana Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana
- Nana (Apache) (1800?-1896), a Chiricahua Apache leader
- Nana Effah-Apenteng, the Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations
- Nana Fadnavis (1742–1800), an influential minister and statesman of the Maratha Empire in Pune, India
- Nana of Iberia, a 4th-century Georgian queen
- Nana Olomu (1852–1916), an Itsekiri chief and merchant from the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria
- Nana Osei Bonsu II (born 1939), the regent of the Ashanti Kingdom
- Nana Owusu-Nsiah, a Ghanaian diplomat and ambassador
- Nana Patil (1900-1976), an Indian independence activist
- Nana Sahib (1824-?), an Indian leader during the rebellion of 1857
- Nana Sir Ofori Atta I (born 1881-1943), a King of Akyem Abuakwa in 1912
- Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah (born 1979), Equerry to Queen Elizabeth II
Religion
- Nana Dharmadhikari (1922–2008), an Indian spiritual guru
- Nana of Pécs, a 12th-century bishop in the Kingdom of Hungary
Sports
- Nana Alexandria (born 1949), a Georgian chess Grandmaster
- Nana Arhin Duah (born 1980), a Ghanaian football player
- Nana Attakora (born 1989), a Canadian football player
- Nana Eshun (born 1969), a Ghanaian football player
- Nana Eshun (footballer, born 1982), a Ghanaian football player
- Nana Falemi, a Romanian-Cameroonian football player
- Nana Fujimoto (藤本 那菜, born 1989), Japanese ice hockey player
- Nana Ichise (市瀬 菜々, born 1997), Japanese women's footballer
- Nana Ioseliani (born 1962), a Georgian chess player
- Nana Iwasaka (born 1990), a Japanese volleyball player
- Nana Joshi (1926–1987), a cricketer
- Nana Konadu (born 1964), a retired Ghanaian boxer
- Nana Kuffour (born 1985), a Ghanaian-American soccer player
- Nana Miyagi (born 1971), a Japanese American tennis player
- Nana Ofori-Twumasi (born 1990), a professional Ghanaian-born English footballer
- Nana Takeda (born 1988), a Japanese figure skater
Other
- Nana Asma’u (1793–1864), a poet, teacher and a revered figure in northern Nigeria
- Nana Chudasama, an eminent jurist, former mayor and Sheriff of Mumbai
- Nana Natsume (born 1980), a Japanese award-winning former AV idol and celebrity
- Nana Ozaki, a Japanese gravure idol
Fictional characters
- Nana Dawson, a character in Heroes
- Nana Komatsu (Nana), a character in the Japanese manga Nana
- Nana McQueen, a character in Hollyoaks
- Nana Moon, a character in the popular British BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Nana Osaki, a character in the Japanese manga Nana
- Nana Oyl, the mother of cartoon character Olive Oyl
- Nana, the Newfoundland dog nurse of Wendy, John and Michael in Peter Pan
- Nana, the protagonist of Émile Zola's novel, Nana
- Nana, a character in the Elfen Lied series
- Nana Shimura, a character in the popular Japanese manga, My Hero Academia
- Nana, a rabbit character from Cyborg Kuro-chan
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