Alina

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Elena in AR Argentina, MX Mexico, ES Spain and 5 more, Елена in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, BG Bulgaria and 1 more, Helen in US United States, AU Australia, PH Philippines and 1 more and Helena in BR Brazil, PL Poland, NL Netherlands.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Alina is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name296K records spelled Alina29 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Austria, Norway

  Languages: English, German, Norwegian Bokmål

  Also written Alīna, Älinä, Aliña, A-Lina, Alìna

• Finnish given name97K records spelled Alina5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, United States, Latvia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Alīna, Aļina, Alinã

• Hindi given name15K records spelled Alina11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Russia, Romania

  Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Urdu

  Also written আলিনা, ଆିଲିନା, অ্যালিনা, Aliña, ଅଲିନା

• a separate given name14K records spelled Alina6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, Romania, Ukraine

  Also written Alìna, Alīna, Aļina, Alína, Ălina

• Kazakh given name8.9K records spelled Alina21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Türkiye

  Languages: Kazakh, Uzbek, Turkish

  Also written Алина, Аліна, Alīna, Aļina, Алйна

• a separate given name441 records spelled Alina4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia

  Also written Âlina, A̶l̶i̶n̶a̶, Alīna

53 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Alina is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, contracción de Adelina o diminutivo de Alicia.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Swedish, Alina kan vara en utveckling av → Adelina, en femininform till → Ali eller en slavisk form av → Helena. Alina har blivit populärt de senaste årtiondena. I den finlandssvenska almanackan 22 april.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• Nobile

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

• Used in both English- and German-speaking countries, and of uncertain origin. It is probably a variant of ALINE , but could also be of Arabic origin, from a word meaning ‘noble’ or ‘illustrious’. In Scotland it has been used as a feminine form of ALISTAIR .

  as a word

• In Icelandic, definite accusative plural of alur

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 113 years between 1905–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Alina Janowskab. 1923PLPolish actress (1923-2017)
• Alina Fernándezb. 1956CUCuban political critic
• Alina Gorghiub. 1978RORomanian politician
• Alina Pușcăub. 1981RORomanian model, actress and singer
• Alina Alexandra Dumitrub. 1982RORomanian judoka
• Alina Maratovna Kabaevab. 1983UZRussian gymnast and politician, alleged partner of Vladimir Putin
• Alina Levshinb. 1984DEGerman actress
• Alina Eremiab. 1993RORomanian pop singer and actress
• Alina Grosub. 1995UAUkrainian singer
• Alina Zagitovab. 2002RURussian figure skater

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,364 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Alina?

We estimate roughly 2.3 million people bear Alina (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Alina have the most bearers?

Alina is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled елена.

How common is Alina compared with other names?

In Russia, Alina is the 2nd most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Alina a male or female name?

Alina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Alina mean?

Recorded meaning: A female given name from the Germanic languages.