Girl's name
Lina
Say it LEE-nuh
Latin origin 2 syllables
Where Lina is loved, common and rare
Loved in Switzerland and three German cities. Common across three other German cities, Slovenia, Austria and six more places. Rare in Sweden, Norway, Italy and seven more places.
1 in 1,266 girls born in England and Wales in 2025
Switzerland 4thBerlin 6thCologne 6th
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Every place
In 25 of the 40 official lists, among them Switzerland (4th), Berlin (6th) and Cologne (6th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 4th 2025 | 276 | 1 in 123 |
| Berlin city | 6th 2023 | 137 | about 1 in 106 |
| Cologne city | 6th 2023 | 60 | about 1 in 102 |
| Slovenia | 14th 2025 | 92 | about 1 in 72 |
| Austria | 15th 2025 | 349 | 1 in 102 |
| France | 17th 2025 | 1,755 | 1 in 163 |
| The Netherlands | 29th 2025 | 349 | about 1 in 175 |
| Munich city | 29th 2025 | 38 | about 1 in 110 |
| Catalonia region | 40th 2025 | 103 | 1 in 187 |
| Quebec province | 53rd 2025 | 97 | about 1 in 268 |
| Spain | 77th 2024 | 342 | rank only |
| Sweden | 103rd 2025 | 101 | about 1 in 398 |
| Norway | 111th 2025 | 52 | 1 in 419 |
| Italy | 130th 2024 | 201 | 1 in 891 |
| Ontario province | 222nd 2024 | 54 | about 1 in 1,009 |
| England and Wales | 234th 2025 | 200 | 1 in 1,266 |
| Poland | 335th 2025 | 12 | 1 in 9,982 |
| British Columbia province | 348th 2023 | 9 | about 1 in 1,329 |
| Scotland | 359th 2025 | 9 | 1 in 1,988 |
| Israel לינא | 390th 2024 | 30 | about 1 in 2,616 |
| Ireland | 718th 2025 | 4 | 1 in 5,282 |
| Bonn city | 8th 2025 | 24 | about 1 in 126 |
| Rostock city | 12th 2025 | 8 | about 1 in 123 |
| Turkey | 15th 2025 | 3,334 | rank only |
| Leipzig city | 34th 2025 | 12 | about 1 in 219 |
Rare, below the listed names: Northern Ireland, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand and Hungary.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), 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.
Israel publishes names in Hebrew script. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Sources: Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Statistični urad Republike Slovenije (SURS), SiStat (Slovenia); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); INE (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) (Spain); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel) (Israel); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); TÜİK (Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu), Nüfus İstatistikleri Portalı (Turkey); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig). How we count, and every source
About the name
Lina is a short form of longer names that end in -lina, such as Angelina, Carolina and Evelina. It is sometimes also treated as a rare feminine form of Linus. Because it has several parents, it has no single meaning of its own, and it is usually given as a name in its own right.
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LEE-nuh is two syllables and very easy to carry across languages. Related forms include Lyna, Liina, Liana and Elina, and it sits comfortably next to the longer names it came from.
Lina is especially popular in central Europe: in the top five in Switzerland, and high in Slovenia and Austria. In the English-speaking world it is best known in Quebec, with a smaller following in Ontario and in England and Wales. It peaked in France around 2012 and has held steady in some countries while easing in others.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- LEE-nuh, 2 syllables
- Origin
- Latin
Etymology
Short form of any female name ending in -lina, such as Angelina, Carolina, Evelina; also construed as a rare feminine form of Linus.
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 4 of 23 regions, falling in 6.
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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 | 553 | 574 | 467 | 349 | 402 | 365 | 294 | 293 | 287 | 234 |
| Scotland | 798 | 501 | 449 | 560 | 399 | 652 | 760 | 749 | 275 | 359 |
| Ireland | 515 | 579 | 896 | 502 | 444 | 661 | 420 | 445 | 320 | 718 |
| Ontario | 431 | 337 | 268 | 263 | 334 | 167 | 184 | 284 | 222 | |
| British Columbia | 324 | 518 | 675 | 270 | 390 | 567 | 286 | 348 | ||
| Quebec | 58 | 52 | 61 | 45 | 56 | 68 | 75 | 75 | 77 | 53 |
| France | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 17 |
| The Netherlands | 35 | 38 | 37 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 29 | 29 | |
| Austria | 24 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 15 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| Berlin | 15 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Munich | 28 | 14 | 27 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| Cologne | 16 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Bonn | 11 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Leipzig | 14 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 34 |
| Rostock | 11 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 18 | 12 |
| Norway | 109 | 93 | 100 | 104 | 131 | 112 | 113 | 133 | 111 | 111 |
| Sweden | 108 | 104 | 107 | 106 | 118 | 111 | 113 | 110 | 133 | 103 |
| Spain | 83 | 83 | 75 | 78 | 74 | 67 | 77 | |||
| Catalonia | 81 | 72 | 52 | 55 | 44 | 45 | 43 | 36 | 36 | 40 |
| Italy | 154 | 152 | 139 | 116 | 118 | 115 | 139 | 123 | 130 | |
| Poland | 426 | 402 | 331 | 408 | 456 | 337 | 428 | 343 | 335 | |
| Slovenia | 22 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 14 |
| Turkey | 22 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 15 | |||
| Israel | 324 | 348 | 386 | 345 | 331 | 345 | 355 | 357 | 390 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 234 | 200 | 79.0 |
| 2024 | 287 | 156 | 60.5 |
| 2023 | 293 | 150 | 58.5 |
| 2022 | 294 | 152 | 57.7 |
| 2021 | 365 | 126 | 46.0 |
| 2020 | 402 | 107 | 39.9 |
| 2019 | 349 | 126 | 45.0 |
| 2018 | 467 | 92 | 31.9 |
| 2017 | 574 | 75 | 25.1 |
| 2016 | 553 | 76 | 24.7 |
| 2015 | 609 | 68 | 22.1 |
| 2014 | 541 | 78 | 25.4 |
| 2013 | 519 | 80 | 25.9 |
| 2012 | 639 | 65 | 20.2 |
| 2011 | 525 | 80 | 24.9 |
| 2010 | 538 | 74 | 23.1 |
| 2009 | 556 | 69 | 22.0 |
| 2008 | 639 | 58 | 18.4 |
| 2007 | 637 | 55 | 18.0 |
| 2006 | 568 | 61 | 20.4 |
| 2005 | 481 | 76 | 26.4 |
| 2004 | 618 | 49 | 17.1 |
| 2003 | 799 | 33 | 11.8 |
| 2002 | 689 | 38 | 14.2 |
| 2001 | 710 | 35 | 13.1 |
| 2000 | 712 | 33 | 12.1 |
| 1999 | 952 | 22 | 7.8 |
| 1998 | 758 | 30 | 10.4 |
| 1997 | 770 | 30 | 10.2 |
| 1996 | 869 | 25 | 8.4 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Lina in France since 1925 were born in or after 2012. First recorded in 1925. Her peak year there: 2012, at 925.3 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Lina per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2012 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 Lina
1 in 729 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Lina.
1 in 2,347 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Lina. Same first letter as Lina.
1 in 571 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Lina.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Lina.
1 in 389 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Lina.
1 in 577 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Lina.
1 in 960 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Lina. Same first letter as Lina.
1 in 4,966 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Lina.
1 in 334 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Lina.
1 in 3,018 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Lina. Same first letter as Lina.
Middle names for Lina
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Lina Grace
2-1 beats · initials LG
Changes the beat after Lina: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Lina Olivia
2-4 beats · initials LO · Lina slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Lina: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Lina slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Lina Sophia
2-3 beats · initials LS
Changes the beat after Lina: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Lina Maria
2-3 beats · initials LM
Changes the beat after Lina: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Lina Rose
2-1 beats · initials LR
Changes the beat after Lina: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Lina Emily
2-3 beats · initials LE · Lina slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Lina: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Lina slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Lina Julia
2-3 beats · initials LJ
Changes the beat after Lina: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 1,286 in England and Wales
Lina Miriam
2-3 beats · initials LM
Changes the beat after Lina: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
Same style as Lina
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 2,113 in Ireland
97% alike: moves with Lina across countries and decades.
1 in 2,429 in Northern Ireland
94% alike: moves with Lina across countries and decades.
1 in 3,018 in Ireland
94% alike: moves with Lina across countries and decades.
1 in 754 in Ireland
93% alike: moves with Lina across countries and decades.
1 in 1,064 in England and Wales
92% alike: moves with Lina across countries and decades.
1 in 4,690 in England and Wales
92% alike: moves with Lina across countries and decades.
1 in 260 in Northern Ireland
92% alike: moves with Lina across countries and decades.
1 in 9,046 in England and Wales
92% alike: moves with Lina across countries and decades.
Famous people named Lina
Lina Kostenko, Lina Medina, Lina Stern, Lina Hurtig, Lina Khan, Lina Cheryazova, Lina Radke and Lina Andersson.
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Ukrainian writer born 1930
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Peruvian woman, youngest confirmed mother in medical history born 1933
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Soviet biochemist, physiologist and humanist (1875-1968) 1878 to 1968
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Swedish association football player born 1995
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American legal scholar and jurist (born 1989)
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Freestyle skier (1968–2019)
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German middle distance runner (1903-1983)
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Swedish cross-country skier born 1981
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Lina
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 Lina?
Her best rank is No. 4 in Switzerland in 2025, about 1 in 123 girls. She is in the published lists of 25 of our 40 regions.
How do you pronounce Lina?
LEE-nuh, with 2 syllables.
Is Lina getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 4 of 23 regions, falling in 6.
Which sister names go with Lina?
The deck's top five sisters for Lina: Victoria, Livia, Sara, Julia and Flora. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.