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🔥Lina

Arabic; Latin diminutive
"tender"
Brynn McKeon
By Brynn McKeon
Updated Wed Apr 23 2025

Lina Origin and Meaning

The name Lina is a girl's name of German origin meaning "tender".

This pretty, succinct Arabic name is also commonly used as a nickname for names like Carolina.

# 583 in the US

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Lina Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Lina

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Famous People Named Lina

  • Lina Wertmuller
    Italian film director and first woman to be nominated for Best Director
  • Lina Marulanda
    Colombian model and TV personality
  • Lina Krasnoroutskaya
    Russian tennis player
  • Lina Scheynius
    Swedish photographer
  • Lina Posada
    Colombian model and fashion designer

The name Lina in Pop Culture

  • Lina Lamont
    character in movie "Singin' In The Rain"
  • Lina Vilkas
    main character in "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
  • Lina Mayfleet
    main character in the Books of Ember series
  • Lina
    character in video game "Dota 2"
  • Lina
    character in video game "Riviera: The Promised Land"
  • Lina Inverse
    character in the anime "Slayers"
  • Lina
    character in Astrid Lindgren's Emil of Maple Hill stories
  • Lina (McLaidlaw)
    Aysgarth, character played by Joan Fontaine in the movie "Suspicion"
  • Lina
    dog,like monster in "The Princess and Curdie" by George MacDonald
  • Lina
    the main character in the novel "Goddess of Spring" (PC Cast)
  • Lina
    one of the two main characters in the Grimm's fairy tale Fundevogel (also known as Foundling,Bird)

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