Lina

What Lina means

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

Editor’s note Up from #849 in 2015 to #572 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Lina?

US: Rising: up from #849 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #609 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1880, when 49 girls got the name (#219 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 3,050 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,266 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,988 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 (1.04 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.83 per 1,000 girls), VA (0.71 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Lina is #572 in the US and #234 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 Lina were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Luna6,076 US · 757 E&W
• Lena1,106 US · 158 E&W
• Lana768 US · 185 E&W
• Leena212 US · 80 E&W
• Leni197 US · 78 E&W
• Lani131 US · 25 E&W
• Lenna115 US · 7 E&W
• Layna79 US · 8 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 Lina

Girls

• Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025
• Millie#73Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #469 in 2015, #73 in 2025
• Lucia#83Variant of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*
• Wren#231Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #703 in 2015, #231 in 2025
• Kaylani#185Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,054 in 2015, #185 in 2025

For a brother

• Jaziel#198Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #934 in 2015, #198 in 2025
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Miles#44Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #107 in 2015, #44 in 2025
• Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025
• Adriel#84“flock of God”^*
• Hayes#162“brushwood”^*

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 Lina’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.