Alina
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Alina is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country, where it is the 2nd most common given name. In English, recorded as A female given name from the Germanic languages.
- RURussia≈1 in 30as Елена(inferred from the name graph)
- BYBelarus≈1 in 35as Елена
- GRGreece1 in 39as Ελένη
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Alina itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Russia (inferred from the name graph)
- #2 (measured from records)
- 10 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 644 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 30 (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,700,000 named Елена, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Russia, est., as Елена
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
20 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Елена in RU Russia, BY Belarus, FI Finland, Helen in US United States, Олена in UA Ukraine and Helena in BR Brazil.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
How Alina is read(measured from records)
Alina is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Ukrainian21%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Alina in Ukrainian.
- English17%
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Russian14%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Alina in Russian.
- Spanish13%
contracción de Adelina o diminutivo de Alicia.
as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios
- German7.5%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Alina in German.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Alina counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU Russia | #2 | ≈4,700,000 est. | ≈1 in 30 | #3 | Елена | 309 |
| UA Ukraine | #2 | ≈1,100,000 est. | ≈1 in 41 | listed | Олена | 174 |
| BR Brazil | #17 | 366,186as Helena | 1 in 578 | 366K | Helena | 227 |
| US United States | #26 | 284,872as Alan | 1 in 1.2K | 483K | Helen | 644 |
| GR Greece | #9 | 272,590as Ελένη | 1 in 39 | 520K | Ελενη | 198 |
| BY Belarus | #1 | ≈270,000 est. | ≈1 in 35 | 39 | Елена | 81 |
| FI Finland | #1 | 117,524as Helena | 1 in 47 | 175K | Елена | 116 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); ELSTAT — population given names; According to a survey conducted by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), the most popular male and female names i; Universal Dependencies Belarusian-HSE Corpus — Person Names (UD_Belarusian-HSE); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Alina is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Swedish, Alina kan vara en utveckling av → Adelina, en femininform till → Ali eller en slavisk form av → Helena. Alina har blivit populärt de senaste årtiondena. I den finlandssvenska almanackan 22 april.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Nobile
as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
Used in both English- and German-speaking countries, and of uncertain origin. It is probably a variant of ALINE , but could also be of Arabic origin, from a word meaning ‘noble’ or ‘illustrious’. In Scotland it has been used as a feminine form of ALISTAIR .
as a word
In Icelandic, definite accusative plural of alur
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Alina Janowskab. 1923PLPolish actress (1923-2017)
- Alina Fernándezb. 1956CUCuban political critic
- Alina Gorghiub. 1978RORomanian politician
- Alina Pușcăub. 1981RORomanian model, actress and singer
- Alina Alexandra Dumitrub. 1982RORomanian judoka
- Alina Maratovna Kabaevab. 1983UZRussian gymnast and politician, alleged partner of Vladimir Putin
- Alina Levshinb. 1984DEGerman actress
- Alina Eremiab. 1993RORomanian pop singer and actress
- Alina Grosub. 1995UAUkrainian singer
- Alina Zagitovab. 2002RURussian figure skater
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 117 sources across 61 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 42K | #1,020 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 25K | #93 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 12K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 3.3K | #4,326 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 3.3K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 3.3K | #3,622 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 2.2K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 234 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 46 | #1,020 |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Alina mean, and where does it come from?
- A female given name from the Germanic languages. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Alina have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.7 million people named Елена in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
- What are other forms of the name Alina?
- In the etymology graph, Delia, Aline and Lina are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Alina a male or female name?
- Alina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Alina?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 366,186 people named Helena in 2022, about 1 in 578 residents.
- How common is Alina compared with other names?
- In Russia, Alina is the 2nd most common given name of 472,143 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/alinaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Alina” — the 2nd most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.