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مِنَّة
Menna
MEN-nah
“Grace, favour, a blessing bestowed.”
About Menna
Menna is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "grace, favour, a blessing bestowed" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
From the Arabic root م-ن-ن meaning 'to bestow a favour'. Minna is a grace freely given. Often the short form of Mennatullah, 'the grace of God'.
Distinctively Egyptian; hugely popular there since the 1990s.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Girl
Also spelled
Minna, Mennah, Minnah, Mennatullah
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Menna is one such word.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Menna
- What does the name Menna mean?
- Menna (مِنَّة) means "Grace, favour, a blessing bestowed". From the Arabic root م-ن-ن meaning 'to bestow a favour'. Minna is a grace freely given. Often the short form of Mennatullah, 'the grace of God'.
- Is Menna a name from the Qur'an?
- Menna does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Menna a boy or a girl name?
- Menna is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Menna come from?
- Menna is an Arabic name, built on the root letters M-N-N. Distinctively Egyptian; hugely popular there since the 1990s.
- How is Menna spelled?
- Menna is the most common English spelling. The same Arabic name (مِنَّة) is also written Minna, Mennah, Minnah, and Mennatullah. They are one name, not different names — the spelling only reflects how each family or country transliterates the Arabic.
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