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 [ 2 syll. li-na, lin-a ] The girl name Lina is pronounced LIYNah KEY. 1: Lina is of English origin. It is used mainly in English and German. The name developed during the mid-19th century as a diminutive of names ending in '-lina'. It is also occasionally used as a form of Lena. A variant of Lina is Line (English and German). 2: Lina has its origins in the Arabic language and it is also used largely in Arabic. Here, the meaning is 'palm tree'. In addition, Lina is a variant (Russian) of Angela (Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, Russian, and Slavic). Lina is also a variant (Polish) of Eva (Czech, Dutch, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Hungarian, Indian, and Polish). Lina is also a variant (English, German, Italian, and Russian) of Magdalena (Czech, Dutch, English, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish). Lina is also a variant (Russian) of Alina (English and French). Lina is also a short form (English, Finnish, German, and Hungarian) of Caroline (English and French). Lina is also a spelling variant (English) of Lena (English, German, Russian, Scandinavian, Polish, and Spanish). Lina is also a variant (Spanish) of Lynn (English and German). See also the related forms, the French Abelia, the Czech, German, Hungarian, Polish, Scandinavian, and Slavic Karolina, the English, German, and Scandinavian Karoline, and the English, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Adelina. Lina is an all-time favorite. At present it is still somewhat popular as a baby girl name, but not to the degree it was previously. At the modest height of its usage in 1907, 0.024% of baby girls were named Lina. It had a ranking of #397 then. The baby name has dropped out of favor since then, and in recent times it is used only on a very light scale. In 2008, it ranked at #917 with a usage of 0.014%. Within the family of girl names directly related to Lina, the English Madeline was the most regularly used. It was 16 times more popular than Lina in 2008. Baby names that sound like Lina include the English Leana, the Estonian and Indian Leena, the English Leina, the English, German, Russian, Scandinavian, Polish, and Spanish Lena, the English Laana, the Lithuanian Laima, the Finnish Laina, the English Lainey, the Arabic Lama, the Hausa Lami, the English, Greek, and Russian Lana, the English Lanae, the English Laney, the Hawaiian and English Lani, the English Lanna, the English Lannie, the English Lanny, the English Launa, the English Laurrane, and the English Layna. KEY: English pronunciation for Lina: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
