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Mira or Nina?
Which would you choose and why? "And by the way, dearie, your punctuation sucks canal water!"
-The Ghost of Vivian Vance
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NinaI was almost named Nina.
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NinaNo contest for me as it's what my grandmother was called, although not actually her name. I've always liked it. Mira is nice enough but I don't have any associations with it.
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MyraSee what I did there? :)
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I don't like Myra. Nice try, though.
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coincidence!Just last evening, I met a young woman named Mira.Age about 18. Nice girl, so now I like Mira best.
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MiraI prefer M names over N names. Just a personal preference I guess
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Mira, but......only because Nina is too close to my son's name for my comfort. I actually prefer Nina.
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MiraMira is part of my middle name, and Nina is my aunt haha. But I'm not a big fan of -ina names.
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Nina, any day. (My very much younger self used to think that naming twin girls Nancy and Nina would be a really good idea ...)That said, Mira doesn't happen where I live, so I've got no associations with it. I'd expect it to be a nn for Mirabel, Miranda or even Miriam, and for all of these I prefer the full form.
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My niece is Miranda nn Mira.But she's never, ever gone by Miranda. IN fact she's Mary Miranda nn Mira. Imagine how confusing that is!
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Mira by far...It's one of my favorite names. I love the meanings, all of them. I love it alone and as a NN for Mirabel. Nina is to nicknamey and whiney in sound. It seems childish.
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MiraI've always disliked Nina. It sounds childish and whiny.
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Nina. I just think it sounds better.:)
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MiraMira's meaning is more substantial than Nina's, and Mira sounds less whiny than Nina.
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Which meaning of Nina?That's the thing I love about Nina - the usage. There are four different entries for the name Nina!
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MiraMira is different and makes me go, "oh, you don't hear that often."Nina is sweet and simple. But I'm going with Mira.

This message was edited 7/14/2016, 5:40 PM

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NinaNina is one of my favourite girls names.
Besides, Mira doesn't sound attractive in my opinion.
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NinaIt just sounds better.
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Mira! But I love Nina as well!
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Nina, because l hate Mira.
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MiraBecause Nina is dated here and SO BORING. It's just a sound, not a name.
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NinaIt's so cute, why isn't it used more? Mira is fine, but it's also a mirror from New England.
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NinaBut I like both!
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NinaI have trouble separating the name Mira from the words mirror and miracle and Spanish LOOK! and I dunno, it looks superficial and bratty. Maybe mostly because I have never met nor heard of an adult Mira - only children. I like it alright on a real person, though. Nina suffers a little from word association with ninny, and generally too much negative N sound, like, my name is No! But to me it seems too classicky and also informal, for that to damage it. And I think it seems ageless and can be powerful. Reminds me of Nina Hagen.I'd rather be Nina, and I'm on the fence about naming a child but I think I'd go with Nina.
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Ninaxo
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Mira by far. Mira feels deeply beautiful and alluring and natural.
Nina feels cheap and whiny and annoying in comparison.
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NinaI love the name so much, and it has a more classic feeling than Mira. Plus I have a niece named Mira.
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Mira.Nina has the most annoying, silly sound.This question made me think of something that I haven't thought of in years--the cartoonist Al Hirschfeld. His daughter's name was Nina and after her birth he would hide her name somewhere at least once in his drawings and it became a game to "find the Ninas."
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Nina. Though Mira looks nice.
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MiraI think it looks and sounds nicer (although I appreciate Nina's zippiness), and love the meaning.
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MiraMira, because I love its soft sound and the meaning.
And I like that you don't see it too often, but it is very sophisticated.Nina sounds cheap to me (sorry!). It used to be a very common namen where I live. Plus, it is somehow empty to me.
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