Alina

Alina: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“bright, beautiful”
Origin
Slavic
Say it
uh-LEE-nuh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Used across Europe; often treated as a Slavic form of Aline or Adelina, with multiple overlapping origins. Its etymology is not single-source, but bright or beautiful is a common accepted sense.

How popular is Alina?

2024655 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Alina in 20242,180

2024 rank#135 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 188043,173

Alina is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Alina

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Aleenauncertain; often linked to Helen or Alina · Unknown
  • Alinenoble · French
  • Alenebright, shining one · English
  • Milagracious or dear · Slavic
  • Verafaith · Slavic
  • Mirapeace, world · Slavic
  • Nadiahope · Slavic
  • IvannaGod is gracious · Slavic

Alina questions

What does the name Alina mean?

Alina means "bright, beautiful". It comes from Slavic. Used across Europe; often treated as a Slavic form of Aline or Adelina, with multiple overlapping origins. Its etymology is not single-source, but bright or beautiful is a common accepted sense.

Is Alina a boy or girl name?

Alina is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Alina?

2,180 US babies were named Alina in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Alina?

Alina is usually pronounced uh-LEE-nuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.