niña
Spanish, noun
niña is spelled N-I-Ñ-A (4 letters) and appears 69 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,269th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Niña is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “girl, female equivalent of niño” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a tilde, ñiña is a different word: “female equivalent of ñiño”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pupila del ojo”.
What does niña mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegirl, female equivalent of niño
- 2
femininepupil (of eye)
- 3
Latin-Americafemininemaiden (virgin)
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of ñiño
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Forma respetuosa que los criados usan con su amo o ama.
noun: 1. Niña.
noun: 1. Pupila del ojo. 2. Mujer en la infancia. 3. Por extension, chica adolescente que aún no llega a la mayoría de edad. 4. Mujer joven respecto de una persona de mucha más edad.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of niña
- niñas plural
- niño masculine
- niños masculine plural
- ñiñas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to niña
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is niña in Spanish?
niña appears 69 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).