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Lina

Gender
Girl
Say it
LEE-na
Origin
Arabic
UK rank, 2025
#247 for girls
US rank, 2025
#572 for girls

Lina is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 247th for girls in the UK (209 babies) and 572nd for girls in the US (527 babies).

What does Lina mean?

Arabic: Arabic name; also a European short form of names like Carolina

Used both as an Arabic name and as a short form of European names such as Carolina and Angelina.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Lina a girl's or a boy's name?

Lina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 209 girls in the UK and 527 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lina in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#247among girls
Babies in 2025
209about 1 in 1,300 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 54% in five years
Same name in a class
1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 209 girls in the UK were named Lina, making it the 247th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 413th.

2025 had the most girls named Lina of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Lina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 478 girls in the UK were given Lina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #135, up from #247 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 234th in England and Wales and 359th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 209 in 20252025
Lina in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025209#247
2024169#292
2023153#319
2022158#311
2021130#387
2020115#413
2019131#369
201899#490
201781#585
201679#585
201575#619
201479#583
201384#546
201267#677
201180#567
201078#565
200971#590
200862#658
200758#662
200665#587
200578#502
200450#648
200333#863
200238#740
200136#751
200033#772
199924#975
199832#789
199731#822
199625#905

How popular is Lina in the US?

Rank in 2025
#572among girls
Babies in 2025
527about 1 in 3,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 35% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 527 girls in the US were named Lina, making it the 572nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 690th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 534 girls.

Half of all the girls named Lina in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,866 girls in the US were given Lina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #195, up from #572 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 534 in 20242025
Lina in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025527#572
2024534#565
2023513#585
2022514#581
2021441#670
2020413#690
2019392#723
2018361#754
2017375#750
2016335#847
2015329#849
2014364#768
2013306#850
2012355#773
2011309#852
2010315#851
2009280#953
2008299#916
2007279#964
2006264#984
2005250#979
2004274#887
2003251#939
2002224#983
2001215#996
2000180#1,132
1999198#1,026
1998161#1,165
1997190#1,012
1996177#1,044
1995163#1,087
1994162#1,103
1993162#1,108
1992186#1,008
1991173#1,048
1990153#1,126
1989149#1,108
1988137#1,117
1987152#1,016
1986141#1,065
1985123#1,158
1984125#1,103
1983129#1,071
1982131#1,083
1981133#1,064
1980153#966
1979122#1,113
1978103#1,212
1977117#1,102
1976119#1,036
1975108#1,083
1974103#1,124
197396#1,143
197294#1,155
197191#1,228
197097#1,182
196999#1,109
196887#1,157
1967113#959
196693#1,087
196599#1,055
196483#1,211
1963113#1,003
196263#1,395
196181#1,223
196078#1,235
195993#1,109
195888#1,128
195782#1,169
195679#1,168
195588#1,073
195452#1,391
195370#1,154
195259#1,235
195170#1,108
195065#1,144
194974#1,037
1948100#870
194773#1,037
194657#1,120
194553#1,079
194454#1,061
194367#965
194253#1,076
194162#934
194062#912
193964#878
193869#851
193777#778
193648#993
193570#813
193471#794
193373#769
193270#816
193174#784
193091#734
1929101#695
192875#831
192789#766
192690#763
1925104#721
1924115#693
192398#735
1922109#701
1921122#667
1920111#690
1919102#695
1918104#708
1917115#635
1916101#679
191599#664
191491#595
191376#587
191266#603
191161#535
191068#493
190957#496
190848#527
190780#395
190650#486
190544#510
190443#500
190346#470
190239#509
190155#397
190065#417
189952#402
189844#465
189753#397
189666#358
189561#357
189457#370
189351#379
189260#338
189150#351
189063#317
188952#346
188845#356
188750#302
188643#318
188543#306
188444#290
188338#287
188241#271
188139#257
188049#219

Names like Lina

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Lyla Eliza Ada Nora Luna Nina Bella Cora Alba Hallie Eva Clara

Other spellings of Lina

Lena Leena Lyna Leenah

Names related to Lina

Liana Lian Linnea Laina Lin Linh Liona Liani Leina Liany

More Arabic names

Muhammad Layla Mohammed Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza

Every Arabic name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Lina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lina, updated 20 October 2026.