Lina
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The girl's name Lina is usually pronounced LEE-nah.
Lina is a shortened form of Angelina (meaning: "the angel"), or Carolina (meaning: "free").
other origins of the name Lina:-
- In Greek, and German, it means angel.
- In 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 African, and Arabic it means "delicate" or "tender" as well as "a small palm tree".
- In Dutch, "pure".
- In Swedish, "the powerful one".
- The Chinese name Lina is a very feminine name that means "beautiful".
- In Lithuanian, "flax".
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.
Variant forms of this name are:-
Others named Lina:
- Lina (singer), singerz
- Lina Theodorou, artist
- Lina Wertmüller, Italian comedy director
- Lina Medina, gave birth at the age of 5 years.
- Lina Dvorkin (AKA Linabot/ Linatron)- Mindie Hussy (event co-ordinator)
Lina is a heroine from the videogame Riviera: The Promised Land