Meaning: Tender; palm tree
The story
Arabic Lina is connected with a palm tree or tenderness. European short forms and Sanskrit Līna have separate histories that should be read individually.
Also means
What Lina means in its other languages.
- Sanskritabsorbed; devoted, as Leena
- Germanshort for Carolina or Paulina
Nicknames
- Li
- Lini
Spellings & variants
- Leena
- Linah
- Lena
Popularity
Familiar
In the US top 1,000 — familiar, not everywhere.
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Style
Origins
Lina comes from Arabic, Sanskrit, and German. It’s a bridge name, with roots in more than one culture.
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