Aline

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Arin in US United States, SE Sweden, NO Norway and 2 more, Алин in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, 아린 in KR South Korea and อลิน in TH Thailand.

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 17 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◐

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

• English given name817K records spelled Aline19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Saudi Arabia, United States, Germany

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Alïñë, Àline, Alíne, Ălînę, Alîne

• French given name570K records spelled Aline19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Belgium, United States, Canada

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written A-Line, Al'Ine, Aliné, Alïne, Ãline

• Arabic given name186K records spelled Aline10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Saudi Arabia, Israel, United States, France

  Languages: Arabic, Hebrew

  Also written אלין, אליין, Alin, Elin, Ellin

• a separate given name10.0K records spelled Aline2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada

  Also written Áline

• Finnish given name2.3K records spelled Aline3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Estonia, Switzerland

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Åľĭnẻ

• Indonesian given name1.9K records spelled Aline3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Malaysia, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Âlïñê

55 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●

Aline 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 the Middle Ages this represented a contracted form of jAdeline. In modern use it is either a revival of this or a respelling of }Aileen. In Scotland and Ireland it has sometimes been chosen as representing an Anglicized spelling of the Gaelic vocabulary word dlainn (Scottish), alainn (Irish), meaning ‘lovely’.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, Alternative form of align.

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

• In French, Diminutif médiéval d’Adeline, d’origine germanique, « noble ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In Swedish, Aline är en fransk form av Adeline (→ Adelina), använd en del i Sverige även under 1800-talet.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In French, Germanic adal « noble ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Aline Charigotb. 1859FRModel and wife of Auguste Renoir (1859–1915)
• Gabrielle Petitb. 1893BEnot in their usual nameBelgian spy (1893-1916)
• Aline MacMahonb. 1899USactress (1899-1991)
• Lolo Ferrarib. 1963FRnot in their usual nameFrench dancer, pornographic actress, singer and television presenter (1963–2000)
• Aline Brosh McKennab. 1967USAmerican screenwriter (born 1967)
• Aline Küppenheimb. 1969CLChilean actress
• Aline Lahoudb. 1981LBLebanese artist
• Aline Weberb. 1989BRBrazilian model
• Aline Rotter-Fockenb. 1991DEGerman wrestler
• Aline Bonettob. 2000FRFrench production designer

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 · 1,182 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Aline?

We estimate roughly 588 thousand people bear Aline (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Aline have the most bearers?

We estimate about 484 thousand people bear Aline in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled aline.

Where is Aline most common?

Aline is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 438 people carrying it.

How common is Aline compared with other names?

In Brazil, Aline is the 40th most common given name of 536,280 given names recorded there.

Is Aline a male or female name?

Aline 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 Aline mean?

Recorded meaning: French feminine form related to Adeline/Alice; Germanic origin.