Lina is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “tender.” In 2024 it was given to 530 girls in the United States.
Lina belongs to the Muslim & Arabic and Greek tradition. Its meaning — “tender” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Lin.
In the United States, Lina first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #221 in 1880, and in 2024 530 babies received the name — 18,952 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Lina means “tender” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Lina is a girl name. In 2024, 530 babies received the name in the US.
Lina comes from the Muslim & Arabic and Greek tradition. It is also spelled Lin.
Lina first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #221 in 1880, and 530 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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