Girl's name
Elina
Say it eh-LEE-nuh
Roots in Finnish and Swedish 3 syllables
Where Elina is loved, common and rare
Common across Austria, Switzerland, five German cities and three more places. Rare in Sweden, Norway, France and ten more places.
1 in 3,578 girls born in Scotland in 2025
Austria 31stSwitzerland 35thMunich 62nd
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Every place
In 23 of the 40 official lists, among them Austria (31st), Switzerland (35th) and Munich (62nd).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 31st 2025 | 212 | 1 in 168 |
| Switzerland | 35th 2025 | 153 | 1 in 222 |
| Hungary | 53rd 2025 | 195 | rank only |
| Munich city | 62nd 2025 | 22 | about 1 in 191 |
| Cologne city | 65th 2023 | 19 | about 1 in 323 |
| Slovenia | 71st 2025 | 25 | about 1 in 264 |
| Berlin city | 72nd 2023 | 40 | about 1 in 363 |
| Sweden | 101st 2025 | 105 | about 1 in 383 |
| Norway | 105th 2025 | 53 | 1 in 411 |
| France | 160th 2025 | 470 | 1 in 610 |
| The Netherlands | 191st 2025 | 79 | about 1 in 772 |
| Poland | 211th 2025 | 34 | 1 in 3,523 |
| Quebec province | 287th 2025 | 19 | about 1 in 1,369 |
| Ontario province | 462nd 2024 | 27 | about 1 in 2,017 |
| British Columbia province | 516th 2023 | 6 | about 1 in 1,993 |
| Scotland | 539th 2025 | 5 | 1 in 3,578 |
| England and Wales | 573rd 2025 | 69 | 1 in 3,671 |
| Ireland | 885th 2025 | 3 | 1 in 7,042 |
| Italy | 954th 2024 | 10 | 1 in 17,917 |
| Denmark | 31st 2025 | 191 | rank only |
| Rostock city | 62nd 2025 | 3 | about 1 in 328 |
| Bonn city | 90th 2025 | 7 | about 1 in 431 |
| Leipzig city | 212th 2025 | 2 | about 1 in 1,312 |
Rare, below the listed names: Northern Ireland, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Catalonia and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Belügyminisztérium, Nyilvántartások (kormany.hu) (Hungary); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Statistični urad Republike Slovenije (SURS), SiStat (Slovenia); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Statistics Denmark (DST) (Denmark); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig). How we count, and every source
About the name
Elina is a Finnish and Swedish name. In Finnish it is a medieval variant of Helena, matching the Swedish Elin and the English Ellen, and in Swedish it is a Latin-style form of Elin. It therefore belongs to the wide family of names descended from Helena, though no meaning is attested for Elina itself.
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Said eh-LEE-nuh, it has three syllables with the stress in the middle. Lina is the obvious short form, and Elin, Elena, Eline, Alina and Lena are all close relatives.
Elina is well liked across continental Europe, ranking within the top 40 in Austria, Denmark and Switzerland. In Canada it is used in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia in smaller numbers. In France it peaked around 2017, and overall it is rising in more places than it is falling, which keeps this medieval name looking fresh.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- eh-LEE-nuh, 3 syllables
- Origin
- Finnish and Swedish
Etymology
In Finnish, a medieval variant of Helena, equivalent to Swedish Elin and English Ellen. In Swedish, a Latinate variant of Elin.
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 11 of 19 regions, falling in 3.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 881 | 915 | 791 | 717 | 609 | 747 | 655 | 583 | 647 | 573 |
| Scotland | 666 | 765 | 792 | 539 | ||||||
| Ontario | 658 | 467 | 414 | 698 | 366 | 617 | 607 | 456 | 462 | |
| British Columbia | 455 | 469 | 415 | 515 | 390 | 567 | 547 | 516 | ||
| South Australia | 273 | 558 | ||||||||
| Quebec | 357 | 396 | 250 | 266 | 378 | 329 | 342 | 313 | 474 | 287 |
| France | 113 | 106 | 121 | 145 | 149 | 143 | 138 | 166 | 146 | 160 |
| The Netherlands | 257 | 211 | 221 | 293 | 248 | 221 | 269 | 313 | 191 | |
| Austria | 60 | 52 | 61 | 53 | 47 | 46 | 51 | 43 | 38 | 31 |
| Switzerland | 22 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 27 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 35 |
| Berlin | 122 | 79 | 94 | 67 | 72 | 85 | 65 | 72 | ||
| Munich | 90 | 81 | 121 | 85 | 90 | 87 | 67 | 58 | 68 | 62 |
| Cologne | 96 | 118 | 103 | 120 | 72 | 77 | 62 | 65 | ||
| Bonn | 73 | 111 | 67 | 131 | 57 | 61 | 99 | 53 | 49 | 90 |
| Leipzig | 152 | 149 | 84 | 131 | 74 | 164 | 74 | 163 | 75 | 212 |
| Rostock | 69 | 66 | 202 | 67 | 202 | 76 | 63 | 105 | 37 | 62 |
| Norway | 142 | 129 | 134 | 133 | 112 | 106 | 144 | 129 | 129 | 105 |
| Sweden | 89 | 102 | 88 | 85 | 89 | 95 | 101 | 117 | 101 | 101 |
| Denmark | 49 | 42 | 47 | 38 | 31 | |||||
| Catalonia | 626 | 611 | 522 | |||||||
| Italy | 911 | 540 | 755 | 954 | ||||||
| Poland | 491 | 496 | 369 | 408 | 307 | 222 | 252 | 211 | 211 | |
| Hungary | 89 | 78 | 48 | 53 | ||||||
| Slovenia | 118 | 118 | 107 | 100 | 88 | 141 | 142 | 124 | 131 | 71 |
| Moscow | 53 | 58 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 573 | 69 | 27.2 |
| 2024 | 647 | 60 | 23.3 |
| 2023 | 583 | 66 | 25.7 |
| 2022 | 655 | 57 | 21.6 |
| 2021 | 747 | 50 | 18.2 |
| 2020 | 609 | 63 | 23.5 |
| 2019 | 717 | 54 | 19.3 |
| 2018 | 791 | 48 | 16.7 |
| 2017 | 915 | 41 | 13.7 |
| 2016 | 881 | 42 | 13.7 |
| 2015 | 871 | 42 | 13.6 |
| 2014 | 802 | 48 | 15.7 |
| 2013 | 772 | 50 | 16.2 |
| 2012 | 857 | 44 | 13.7 |
| 2011 | 894 | 40 | 12.4 |
| 2010 | 840 | 42 | 13.1 |
| 2009 | 835 | 41 | 13.1 |
| 2008 | 859 | 38 | 12.0 |
| 2007 | 882 | 35 | 11.4 |
| 2006 | 1052 | 26 | 8.7 |
| 2005 | 1121 | 22 | 7.6 |
| 2004 | 1252 | 18 | 6.3 |
| 2003 | 965 | 25 | 9.0 |
| 2002 | 1245 | 16 | 6.0 |
| 2001 | 1870 | 9 | 3.4 |
| 2000 | 1195 | 16 | 5.9 |
| 1999 | 1393 | 13 | 4.6 |
| 1998 | 1823 | 9 | 3.1 |
| 1997 | 1543 | 11 | 3.8 |
| 1996 | 1914 | 8 | 2.7 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Elina in France since 1925 were born in or after 2013. First recorded in 1925. Her peak year there: 2017, at 209.5 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Elina per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2017 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Elina
1 in 1,195 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Elina.
1 in 3,725 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Elina.
1 in 1,415 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Elina.
Similar forms, not dealt separately: Maryam.
1 in 2,508 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Elina.
1 in 587 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Elina.
1 in 3,018 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Elina.
1 in 778 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Elina. Same first letter as Elina.
1 in 3,166 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Elina.
1 in 2,638 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Elina.
1 in 1,408 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Elina.
Middle names for Elina
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Elina Charlotte
3-2 beats · initials EC
Changes the beat after Elina: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 86 in Ireland
Elina Sophie
3-2 beats · initials ES
Changes the beat after Elina: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Elina Grace
3-1 beats · initials EG
Changes the beat after Elina: 3 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Elina Olivia
3-4 beats · initials EO · Elina slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Elina: 3 syllables, then 4 syllables. Elina slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 102 in Ireland
Elina Mia
3-2 beats · initials EM
Changes the beat after Elina: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 132 in Northern Ireland
Elina Ruby
3-2 beats · initials ER
Changes the beat after Elina: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Elina Rose
3-1 beats · initials ER
Changes the beat after Elina: 3 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 173 in Northern Ireland
Elina Nora
3-2 beats · initials EN
Changes the beat after Elina: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
Same style as Elina
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 4,966 in England and Wales
94% alike: moves with Elina across countries and decades.
1 in 2,347 in Ireland
94% alike: moves with Elina across countries and decades.
1 in 2,429 in Northern Ireland
93% alike: moves with Elina across countries and decades.
1 in 1,064 in England and Wales
93% alike: moves with Elina across countries and decades.
1 in 1,218 in England and Wales
92% alike: moves with Elina across countries and decades.
1 in 2,508 in England and Wales
91% alike: moves with Elina across countries and decades.
1 in 1,266 in England and Wales
91% alike: moves with Elina across countries and decades.
1 in 3,018 in Ireland
90% alike: moves with Elina across countries and decades.
Famous people named Elina
Elina Svitolina, Elina Nechayeva, Elīna Garanča, Elina Born, Elina Danielian, Elina Valtonen, Elina Bystritskaya and Elina Avanesyan.
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Ukrainian tennis player (born 1994)
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Estonian soprano (born 1991)
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Latvian opera singer (born 1976)
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Estonian singer (born 1994)
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Armenian chess player born 1978
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Finnish politician (born 1981)
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Soviet-Russian actress (1928–2019)
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Russian tennis player born 2002
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Elina
4 questions, on how popular she is, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Elina?
Her best rank is No. 31 in Austria in 2025, about 1 in 168 girls. She is in the published lists of 23 of our 40 regions.
How do you pronounce Elina?
eh-LEE-nuh, with 3 syllables.
Is Elina getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 11 of 19 regions, falling in 3.
Which sister names go with Elina?
The deck's top five sisters for Elina: Aya, Chiara, Mariam, Leyla and Amira. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.