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Princeton's WordNet

  1. grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nannanoun

    the mother of your father or mother

  2. Nannanoun

    (Norse mythology) wife of Balder

  3. Nannanoun

    god of the Moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin

Wiktionary

  1. nannanoun

    grandmother

  2. Nannanoun

    The god of the moon in Sumerian mythology.

  3. Etymology: Possibly derived from nana.

ChatGPT

  1. nanna

    A nanna, often spelled as "Nana", is a term often used in many cultures to refer either to a grandmother or a woman of older age. It is an informal, affectionate term for one's grandmother. However, the usage can differ depending on cultural and regional norms.

Wikidata

  1. Nanna

    In Norse mythology, Nanna Nepsdóttir or simply Nanna is a goddess associated with the god Baldr. Accounts of Nanna vary greatly by source. In the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, Nanna is the wife of Baldr and the couple produced a son, the god Forseti. After Baldr's death, Nanna dies of grief. Nanna is placed on Baldr's ship with his corpse and the two are set aflame and pushed out to sea. In Hel, Baldr and Nanna are united again. In an attempt to bring back Baldr from the dead, the god Hermóðr rides to Hel and, upon receiving the hope of resurrection from the being Hel, Nanna gives Hermóðr gifts to give to the goddess Frigg, the goddess Fulla, and other gifts. Nanna is frequently mentioned in the poetry of skalds and a Nanna, who may or may not be the same figure, is mentioned once in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources. An account provided by Saxo Grammaticus in his 12th century work Gesta Danorum records Nanna as a human female, the daughter of King Gevar, and the love interest of both the demi-god Baldr and the human Höðr. Spurred by their mutual attraction to Nanna, Baldr and Höðr repeatedly do battle. Nanna is only interested in Höðr and weds him, while Baldr wastes away from nightmares about Nanna.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Nanna

    in the Norse mythology the wife of Balder, the sun-god; distinguished for her conjugal fidelity, threw herself on the funeral pyre of her husband, and descended to the shades along with him; when the pair were entreated to return, he sent his ring to Odin and she her thimble to Frigga.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. NANNA

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Nanna is ranked #41303 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Nanna surname appeared 527 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Nanna.

    88.4% or 466 total occurrences were White.
    5.3% or 28 total occurrences were Black.
    3.2% or 17 total occurrences were Asian.
    1.9% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of NANNA in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of NANNA in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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