Name: Lina
Gender: Female
Usage: Lina, of arabic origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Lina are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, Colombia, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Lina across the world, see Evangelina.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Lina is: Delicate, Pure.
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Numerology of the first name Lina: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 9. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: humanitarian, self-sacrificing, idealistic, giving, altruist, devoted, romantic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Compassionate, Idealistic
Ruling planet: Mars
Colors: Red
Gemstones: Bloodstone
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The name Lina is ranked on the 733rd position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 786100 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.011% of the population. The name Lina has four characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Lina for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Lina is 4 January.
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History and Origin
Lina is a common female given name in Sweden, Estonia, Lithuania, especially among those born after 1980. In 2011 it was one of the most popular female given names in Germany. It was initially used as a shortened form of names such as Karolina, Nikolina, Adelina, Evelina and Paulina. Since "-lina" is a diminutive suffix, it has no meaning of its own in Swedish. The Danish and Norwegian form is "Line".
Lina is also a short form of any female name ending in "-lina", such as Angelina, Evangelina, Carolina, Melina.
Lina is the female form of Linas, a common given name among people of Lithuanian descent. It can also be construed as a rare feminine form of Linus.
In Arabic "Lina" (لينة) refers to a small, young palm tree. It means "tender" or "tenderness". In Greek it refers to the olive crown used for the hero.
The name Lina also has roots in France and China. In Chinese, "Li" (丽) means "pretty" and "Na" (娜) means "elegant".
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