Lina

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The girl's name Lina is usually pronounced LEE-nah. Lina is a name of many origins:-

• In Greek, Latin, and Italian, it means light.
• When added to the end of a name in Italian, it means a "beautiful one who is full of light".
• In Arabic it means "delicate" or "tender".
• In Dutch, "pure".
• In Swedish, "the powerful one".
• The Chinese name LiNa is a very feminine name that means "beautiful".

Lina is also a diminutive of names that end with -line, such as Caroline. It is also a variant of Lena. In the United States, it has been used as an independent name from the 1850s.

Lina is a fairly uncommon female first name in the United States, ranking 841 out of 4275 for females of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census. Lina is a well-used surname, ranking 30080 out of 88799 for people of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census. Could also mean tender, Lucius, luminous and white.

Variant forms of this name are:-

• Leina
• Leena
• Lena
• Lyna

• Lina can also refer to a pop and R&B singer and songwriter.

Others named Lina:

• Lina (singer), singer
• Lina Theodorou, artist
• Lina Wertmüller, Italian comedy director
• Lina Inverse, of Slayers fame.
• Lina Medina, gave birth at the age of 5 years.

Lina is a heroine from the videogame Riviera: The Promised Land