Stina

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◐

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

• a separate given name307 records spelled Stina2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Finland, Norway

  Also written Ština

• Russian surname191 records spelled Stina19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Türkiye, Kazakhstan

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Штина, Стена, Стіна, Стина, Стына

• Italian given name176 records spelled Stina3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Italy, Canada

  Also written Stinà, Stína

52 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●

Stina 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 Swedish, Stina är ursprungligen en smekform till → Christina, → Justina och liknande namn. Det blev populärt som officiellt namn först under 1900-talets senare del. I den finlands svenska almanackan 24 juli.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• German and Scandinavian: short form of any of the Latinate female given names that end in these two syllables, principally CRISTINA .

  as a word

• In Serbo-Croatian, rock (naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter)

  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●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 60 years between 1950–2022. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Stina Aronsonb. 1892SESwedish writer (1892-1956)
• Zarah Leanderb. 1907SEnot in their usual nameSwedish actress and singer (1907–1981)
• Stina Ekbladb. 1954FIFinnish-Swedish actress
• Stina Rautelinb. 1963FIFinnish actress (1963–2023)
• Stina Wollterb. 1964SESwedish artist
• Stina Wirsénb. 1968SESwedish illustrator
• Stina Nordenstamb. 1969SESwedish singer
• Stina Martinib. 1993ATAustrian pair skater
• Stina Blacksteniusb. 1996SESwedish association football player
• Stina Johannesb. 2000DEGerman association football player

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 · 326 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Stina?

We estimate roughly 26 thousand people bear Stina (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Stina have the most bearers?

We estimate about 21 thousand people bear Stina in Sweden, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled stina.

Where is Stina most common?

Stina is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 482 people carrying it.

How common is Stina compared with other names?

In Sweden, Stina is the 123rd most common given name of 36,824 given names recorded there.

Is Stina a male or female name?

Stina 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 Stina mean?

Recorded meaning: a diminutive of the female given name Kristina