The correct reading of Ningirda's name relies on the syllabic spelling from the Ur III period, dNin-gi-ri-da.
[1] According to Wilfred G. Lambert, the element girid is a Sumerian noun referring to a type of hair clasp used by women, and therefore does not provide any information about her individual character beyond her gender.
[2] In the myth Enki and Ninhursag, the name is reinterpreted as "the lady born of nose,"[3] dNin-kìri-e-tu, but this is only a folk etymology.
[9] The relation between them is directly confirmed by the myth Enki and Ninhursag, as well as in a hymn to Ninazu (which addresses her as "Your wife, the young girl, the lovely woman, the lady"), the god list An = Anum, and the so-called Emesal Vocabulary.
[21] Dina Katz notes this group of deities does not reflect a specific theological concept, and was merely selected for the sake of puns on names of body parts.
[27] She bribes a demonic "constable" (gallu) escorting her son with silver, and instructs him to use an exorcistic formula to get Ereshkigal's permission to restore him to life.