Mina Family History
Mina Name Meaning
Spanish and Portuguese: habitational name from any of numerous places called (La) Mina from mina ‘mine’. Italian: from a short form of any of several personal names ending with -mina such as Guglielmina Anselmina. American shortened form of Greek Minas . Greek: patronymic from the genitive case of the personal name Minas particularly associated with Cyprus; in Greece this is normally a feminine patronymical form only. Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic minaḥ ‘gifts favors’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022