Liina

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Лиина in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 1 more.

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 18 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◐

Liina is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name1.6K records spelled Liina11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Colombia, Mexico, United States, Estonia

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Liinä, Lïïnä, Lîînâ, L'Iina, Lîinà

• French given name308 records spelled Liina14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Finland, Estonia

  Also written Liinà, Liinã, Lììna, Liîna, Lïîna

• Turkish name25 records spelled Liina2 spellings in the group

  Also written Ĺiina

28 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●

Liina is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, date palm

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In urj-fin-pro, flax

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

• In izh, hemp

  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●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Liina Reimanb. 1891EEEstonian actress (1891-1961)
• Liina Orlovab. 1941EEEstonian actress (born 1941)
• Liina Siibb. 1963EEEstonian artist (born 1963)
• Liina Tennosaarb. 1965EEEstonian actor (born 1965)
• Liina Olmarub. 1967EEEstonian actor (born 1967)
• Liina Lukasb. 1970EEEstonian literary scholar and translator (born 1970)
• Liina Brunelleb. 1978EEFrench actress (born 1978)
• Liina Kersnab. 1980EEEstonian politician (born 1980)
• Hanna-Liina Võsab. 1981EEEstonian singer (born 1981)
• Liina Laasmab. 1992EEEstonian athletics competitor (born 1992)

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 · 48 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Liina?

We estimate roughly 2.3 thousand people bear Liina (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Liina have the most bearers?

Liina is most frequently recorded in Estonia, where it is most often spelled liina.

How common is Liina compared with other names?

In Estonia, Liina is the 81st most common given name of 14,570 given names recorded there.

Is Liina a male or female name?

Liina 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 Liina mean?

Recorded meaning: cloth (piece of garment used on furniture, for cleaning, etc.)