Merlina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mer-LEE-nuh
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Merlina is a girls' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Merlina mean?
Welsh: feminine of Merlin, from Welsh Myrddin
In Latin America, Wednesday Addams of The Addams Family is known as Merlina.
Is Merlina a girl's or a boy's name?
Merlina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Merlina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Merlina, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2007, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Merlina in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Merlina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
Names like Merlina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luna, Alora, Solana, Mila, Elora, Camila, Ximena, Isla, Eliza, Briella, Isabella, Amora
Names related to Merlina
Marlin, Merlin, Merlyn, Marlani, Merelyn, Marlina, Marelin, Merilyn
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
Sources
Figures from 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, “Merlina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/merlina, updated 20 October 2026.