Faline

Popular culture, Latin

"catlike"

Faline Origin and Meaning

The name Faline is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "catlike".

For many, this is a Disneyfied name: Faline was the sweet doe Bambi fell in love with. The name is possibly based on Feline, a Latin name meaning "cat-like", however other sources suggest it comes from the French faon meaning "fawn", combined with the suffix -line. It is pronounced as FUH-LEEN in French and English or as fah-LEE-nuh in German, and was given to 7 girls in the US in 2024.

Popularity of the name Faline

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The name Faline in Pop Culture

• Faline Blackbeak character in Sarah J. Masa’s Throne of Glass series and member of The Thirteen.