# Minas

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #35,411

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A male given name.

## Etymology
Two main origins for the surname:
* Borrowed from Greek Μηνάς (Minás), a patronymic surname.
* Borrowed from Spanish Minas or Miñas.
The given name is from Greek Μηνάς (Minás) and Armenian Մինաս (Minas).

## Easily confused with
- **mind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minas-vs-mind)
- **miss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minas-vs-miss)
- **mine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minas-vs-mine)
- **mini** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minas-vs-mini)
- **mint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minas-vs-mint)
- **ming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minas-vs-ming)
- **mona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minas-vs-mona)
- **Mira** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minas-vs-mira)
- **mRNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minas-vs-mrna)
- **mink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minas-vs-mink)
- **Mons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minas-vs-mons)
- **mino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minas-vs-mino)
- **minor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minas-vs-minor)
- **minds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minas-vs-minds)
- **mines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minas-vs-mines)
- **minus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minas-vs-minus)
- **monks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minas-vs-monks)
- **miner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minas-vs-miner)
- **mined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minas-vs-mined)
- **Minsk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minas-vs-minsk)

## Common misspellings (6)
`imnas`, `minass`, `minnas`, `minsa`, `mminas`, `mnias`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/minas