Alina

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Female Name

Usage

Finnish
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

1) Short form of Adelina ^{[1] [2]}

2) Short form of Carolina ^[1]

3) Pet form of names beginning with Al- ^[2]

Related Names

Aliina	♀
Aliinná	♀
Alina	♀
Alinda	♀
Aline	♀
Alliina	♀

See also Alikka

Name Days

Finland

22 April

Finland (Swedish Language)

22 April

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1820 ^[1]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		1234	2138	0	0
Denmark[4]		428	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[5]		365	522	0	0
Finland[6]		n.a.	18315	n.a	3
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[3][4][5][6]:

Sources: ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi