Nana (given name)

Nana
Pronunciation	Na-na
Gender	Female (in Europe, Japan and Korea) Male (in Ghana and India)
Origin
Meaning	In Ghana, among the Akans and particularly with the Ashanti and the Akuapim, Nana is used as the title of a King or a Queen, it signifies royalty. The stool name of kings and queens are always preceded by Nana. However, many people in Ghana use Nana as a name in normal life. In some cases, people who are named after kings may, out of respect for mentioning the king's name adopt the name "Nana" to signify that they have been named after a king. In Ghana one may respectfully refer to a King or a Queen as Nana without mentioning the full name of that King or Queen.
Region of origin	Europe / Ghana / India / Japan / Koreaa

Nana is a given name either feminine (in Japan (なな, ナナ, 奈々, 那奈 or 奈南, among others^?), Korea (Korean: 나나) or Europe (Georgian: ნანა or Greek: Nάνα)) or masculine (in Ghana or India). It has different meanings depending on the language of origin. In Georgia, Nana is the fifth most popular given name for girls. In Ghana, among the Akans and particularly with the Ashanti and the Akuapim, Nana is used as the title of a King or a Queen; it signifies royalty though many people in Ghana use Nana as a given name. In some cases, people who are named after kings may, out of respect for mentioning the king's name adopt the name "Nana" to signify that they have been named after a king.

People

• Nana Akufo-Addo (born 1944), a Ghanaian politician and diplomat
• Nana Alexandria (born 1949), a Georgian chess Grandmaster
• Nana Ama McBrown, a Ghanaian actress
• Nana (Apache) (1800?-1896), a Chiricahua Apache leader
• Nana Arhin Duah (born 1980), a Ghanaian soccer player
• Nana Asma’u (1793–1864), a poet, teacher and a revered figure in northern Nigeria
• Nana Attakora (born 1989), a Canadian soccer player
• Nana Bryant (1888–1955), an American film actress
• Nana Caymmi (born 1941), a Brazilian singer
• Nana Chudasama, an eminent jurist, former mayor and Sheriff of Mumbai
• Nana Dharmadhikari (1922–2008), an Indian spiritual guru
• Nana Djordjadze (born 1948), a Georgian film director and scriptwriter
• Nana Effah-Apenteng, the Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations
• Nana Eikura (born 1988), a Japanese model and actress
• Nana Eshun (born 1969), a Ghanaian football player
• Nana Eshun (born 1982), a Ghanaian football player
• Nana Fadnavis (1742–1800), an influential minister and statesman of the Maratha Empire in Pune, India
• Nana Falemi, a Romanian-Cameroonian football (soccer) player
• Nana Gbewonyo (born 1980), a Ghanaian actor
• Nana Gualdi (1932–2007), a German singer and actress
• Nana Haruta (born 1985), a Japanese manga artist
• Nana Hedin (born 1968), a Swedish singer
• Nana Ioseliani (born 1962), a Georgian chess player
• Nana Iwasaka (born 1990), a Japanese volleyball player
• Nana Joshi (1926–1987), a cricketer
• Nana Katase (born 1981), a Japanese actress
• Nana Keum, Miss Korea 2002
• Nana Kitade (born 1987), a Japanese J-Rock singer
• Nana Konadu (born 1964), a retired Ghanaian boxer
• Nana Kuffour (born 1985), a Ghanaian-American soccer player
• Nana Meskhidze (1936–1997), a Georgian artist-painter
• Nana Miki (born 1976), a dancer and choreographer leaving in New York City
• Nana Mizuki (born 1980), a Japanese voice actress and singer
• Nana Mouskouri (born 1934), a Greek singer
• Nana Miyagi (born 1971), a Japanese American tennis player
• Nana Natsume (born 1980), a Japanese award-winning former AV idol and celebrity
• Nana of Iberia, a 4th-century Georgian queen
• Nana Ofori-Twumasi (born 1990), a professional Ghanaian-born English footballer
• Nana Olomu, 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 Ozaki, a Japanese gravure idol
• Nana Ozaki (actress), a Japanese actress
• Nana Palsikar (1907–1984), an Indian film actor
• Nana Patekar, an Indian actor and filmmaker
• Nana Patil (-1976), an Indian independence activist
• Nana (rapper), a German rapper and DJ
• Nana Sahib (born 1824), an Indian leader during the rebellion of 1857
• Nana Sir Ofori Atta I (born 1881-), a King of Akyem Abuakwa in 1912
• Nana Takeda (born 1988), a Japanese figure skater
• Nana Tanimura (born 1987), a Japanese pop singer
• Naná Vasconcelos (born 1944), a Brazilian Latin jazz percussionist, vocalist and berimbau player
• Nana Visitor (born 1957), an American actress
• Nana Yamaguchi (born 1938), a Japanese seiyū
• Nana Yanagisawa (born 1987), a Japanese actress and fashion model

Fictional characters

Manga

• a girl with bat powers in the manga +Anima
• a character in the anime series Elfen Lied
• Nana Osaki, a character in the Japanese manga Nana
• Nana Komatsu, a character in the Japanese manga Nana
• a character in Cyborg Kuro-chan
• a character in Battle Angel Alita

Other characters

• Nana April Jun, one of the personae of Christofer Lämgren, a Swedish artist.
• Nana Dawson, a character in Heroes
• Nana McQueen, a character in Hollyoaks
• Nana Moon, a character in the popular British BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Nana Oyl, the mother of cartoon character Olive Oyl
• a character in the Ice Climber video game
• the Newfoundland nurse of Wendy, John and Michael in Peter Pan
• Nana, a minor recurring character from Grandia 1

See also

• Nana, a disambiguation page

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