Lina
Lina is a girl name of Arabic origin, meaning Tender; a palm tree.
What Lina means
Tender; a palm tree.
Lina is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Lina comes from
Arabic names are built from three-consonant roots, so related names share an audible family resemblance and a related field of meaning. Many describe qualities the parents hope for.
Lina is recorded as Arabic in origin. Browse other Arabic names.
How popular is Lina?
Lina is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Lina is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Lina
We group Lina under Gentle and the natural world — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Lina
These share Lina's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Dalia — Grapevine; gentle.
- Anuhea — Cool, soft fragrance.
- Fawn — A young deer; gentle.
- Yara — Small butterfly; beloved.
- Lily — The lily flower — purity and beauty.
- Aurora — Dawn; goddess of sunrise.
- Ava — Life, bird, living one.
- Chloe — Young green shoot; blooming.
- Daisy — The day's-eye flower.
- Daphne — The laurel tree.
- Delilah — Delicate.
- Hana — Flower, blossom.