Elina

What Elina means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Elina yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #1,055 in 2015 to #764 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Elina?

US: Rising: up from #1055 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #871 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 358 girls got the name (#787 that year). First in the US records in 1896.

How common

• About 1 in 4,528 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,671 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,578 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in CT (0.61 per 1,000 girls), NV (0.54 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.46 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Elina is #764 in the US and #573 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Elina were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Elena4,836 US · 307 E&W
• Alina2,204 US · 208 E&W
• Alana2,085 US · 190 E&W
• Alaina1,366 US · 49 E&W
• Elaina1,176 US · 37 E&W
• Alena398 US · 25 E&W
• Elani322 US · 10 E&W
• Eleni240 US · 65 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Elina

Girls

• Liliana#78Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Violet#13From the word “violet”^*
• Luciana#273Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #273 vs #1,809 in 2025
• Lucy#24“light”^*
• Lia#200Latin, meaning “cow”^*
• Ruby#64Editor’s note Up from #83 in 2015 to #64 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 450 US girls in the 2025 records

For a brother

• Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”^*
• Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
• Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”^*
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records
• Micah#90“who is like Yahweh”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Elina’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.