Minerva is the Roman goddess of crafts and wisdom. The name may also refer to:

People Minerva (given name), including a list of people with the name

Mononym or pseudonym Minerva (Internet celebrity), South Korean netizen known for his economic predictions Josephine Blatt (c. 1869–1923), American strongwoman who used the stage name Minerva Maria Minerva, Maria Juur (born 1988), Estonian musician

Surname Francesco Minerva (1904–2004), Italian Roman Catholic prelate Michèle Minerva (1959–2021), French pétanque player Ponce de Minerva (1114/1115–1175), Occitanian nobleman, courtier, governor, and general

Geography

Australia

Minerva, Queensland, a locality in the Central Highlands

Pacific Ocean

Minerva Reefs, two submerged atolls between Tonga and New Zealand Republic of Minerva, a self-declared South Pacific republic on the Minerva Reefs

United States Minerva, Kentucky Minerva, New York Minerva, Ohio Minerva, Oregon Minerva, Texas Minerva, West Virginia

Land development Minerva plc, a London-based British developer and property firm Minerva Building, a skyscraper once planned for the eastern edge of London's main financial district Lokhandwala Minerva, a skyscraper under construction in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Entertainment

Games MINERVA (mod), a modification for the video game Half-Life 2 Minerva, a character in the final cutscene of Assassin's Creed II Minerva, a character in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light Minerva, a class in the MMORPG Elsword Ex Machina: Minerva, a character used by Celica A. Mercury in the fighting game series BlazBlue

Comics Doctor Minerva, a Marvel Comics character who is a Kree scientist Cheetah, a DC Comics character whose name is Barbara Ann Minerva Minxy Minerva, a Wildstorm character who has appeared in Welcome to Tranquility

Manga and anime Minerva, a character from the Transformers franchise Minerva class battleship, a fictional class of space vessels from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Fencer of Minerva, a hentai anime series Minerva Orland, a character in Fairy Tail Minene Uryuu, a character in Future Diary

Animation Minerva Campbell, the mother of Finn from Adventure Time Minerva Mink, a character from Animaniacs Minerva Mouse, the full name of Minnie Mouse

Music "Minerva" (song), a 2003 single by Deftones "Minerva", a 2005 song by Ani DiFranco, from her album Knuckle Down

Novels Minerva (Re:Zero), a character in the light novel series Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World Minerva Hadley, a character in the Noughts & Crosses book series by Malorie Blackman Minerva McGonagall, a character in the Harry Potter book series by J. K. Rowling Minerva Paradizo, a character in the book Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer Minerva, a ship and supporting character in The Baroque Cycle book series by Neal Stephenson Minerva, a setting in the book A World of Difference by Harry Turtledove Minerva, a setting in the Giants series by James P. Hogan Minerva, a computer which becomes a human female in Robert A. Heinlein's 1973 Time Enough for Love In Harry Turtledove's novel A World of Difference, the orbit of Mars is occupied by an Earth-sized planet called Minerva Minerva, a character in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt, based on Valerie Bowles

Theatre Minerva Theatre, Chichester, England, opened in 1989 Minerva Theatre, Kolkata, India, built in 1893 Minerva Theatre, Sydney, Australia 1939–1950 Minerva, a character in the 1929 West End musical Mr. Cinders

Other arts and media Minerva Film, an Italian film distribution company operating between 1912 and 1956 Minerva Tonfilm, a German film production company active in the 1930s Minerva (painting), a 1635 painting by Rembrandt

Publications Minerva (German magazine), a nineteenth century journal published by Johann Wilhelm von Archenholz Minerva (archaeology magazine), an international review of ancient art and archaeology Minerva (Norwegian periodical), a Norwegian liberal conservative periodical first published in 1924 Minerva (Springer journal), a peer-reviewed sociology journal established in 1962 Minerva (Welsh periodical), earliest title of Swansea History Journal Minerva Medica, a medical journal in Italian Minerva, an intellectual magazine originally funded by the CIA via the Congress for Cultural Freedom

Science and technology

Astronomy and space 93 Minerva, an asteroid discovered in 1867 MINERVA (spacecraft), a mini-lander on the uncrewed spacecraft Hayabusa MINiature Exoplanet Radial Velocity Array (MINERVA), ground-based search for exoplanets Minerva, a name originally proposed for the planet Pluto Minerva, the name of the European Space Agency's segment of the SpaceX Crew-4 mission

Automotive Minerva (automobile), a Belgian luxury automobile manufactured from 1902 until 1938 Minerva Armored Car, a World War I armoured car

Biology Minerva (alga), a genus of red algae in the family Bangiaceae Minerva (bird), a genus of prehistoric owls

Computing and telecommunication MINERVA, a European Union organization concerned with the digitisation of cultural and scientific content MINERVA (cable system), a submarine telecommunications cable system linking Italy and Cyprus Minerva (model), a large language model developed at the Sapienza University of Rome Minerva (QDOS reimplementation), a reimplementation of Sinclair QDOS Minerva Initiative, a plan that looks to tap into the community of area specialists and other university researchers Minerva Networks, a company that develops video compression technology and broadcast systems

Medicine Minerva cast, a type of orthopedic cast enclosing the patient's trunk and head A brand name of co-cyprindiol (cyproterone acetate/ethinylestradiol), an oral contraceptive

Physics MINERνA, a neutrino scattering experiment

Ships , several ships , several ships of the British Royal Navy , several ships of the United States Navy , a class of ships of the Italian Marina Militare

Other uses Editura Minerva, a Romanian publishing house Minerva Bunkering, a marine fuel logistics company Minerva roundabout, famous landmark in Guadalajara, Jalisco The Minerva Initiative is a U.S. Department of Defense program Minerva F.C., a 19th-century amateur football club in England Fuji Xerox Minerva AFC, an American football team in Ebina, Kanagawa, Japan, playing in the X-League X2 division Minerva University, a private university based in San Francisco, California

See also Minerve (disambiguation)