On Tue, 27 May 2008 14:50:38 -0400, Nina
fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:

On Mon, 26 May 2008 18:39:57 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
wrote:

On Mon, 26 May 2008 10:25:34 -0400, Nina
fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:

Second way, like your coworker, and not a silly question at all! The
funny thing is that I've known loads of N(ee)na and no N(eye)nas at
all, so maybe it's regional?

Or generational? My great-aunt (born in 1892) was a Nina, pronounced
with a long "i." Born in Iowa, moved to AZ when AZ was still a
territory, so I doubt it's regional. shrug

Maybe more ethnic than regional. It seems to me that the Neyenas
I've heard of have mostly been of Eastern European descent, whereas
Neena is more English/Western European.

I'm starting to get curious about this. :-)

AFAIK, there's not a drop of Eastern European blood in that branch of
the family. It's about 99% Welsh, Irish, English, Scots and
Scandinavian. I had a DNA test done out of curiosity. As a female, the
trail is solely matrilineal, but that entire trail is northern
European. My grandmother and her sister, Nina's, maiden name was
"Marken," which is of Scandinavian origin. In fact, there's an Isle of
Marken off the Dutch coast, IIRC.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
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