Nenna
NEN-na
Literary name and Scandinavian
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Nenna Origin and Meaning
The name Nenna is a girl's name meaning "daring".
Nenna is the name of the heroine of Penelope Fitzgerald's novel Offshore, but it's also sparingly used in Scandinavia as a variant of the name Nanna. Nanna is a diminutive of various names, including Anna, Johanna and Marianne, but it's also a name in its own right, possibly meaning "daring".