The first name Elina
A girl’s name.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
A female given name.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 69 girls were named Elina, making it the 573rd most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Elina with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Elina at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 355 girls born in the United States were named Elina, the 764th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2024, when 358 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Elina
23 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Elina NechayevaEstonian soprano (born 1991)
- Elina BornEstonian singer (born 1994)
- Elina DanielianArmenian chess player, born 1978
- Elina ValtonenFinnish politician (born 1981)
- Elina SaloFinnish actress, 1936–2025
- Elina DuniAlbanian singer, born 1981
- Elina KnihtiläFinnish actress, born 1971
- Elina PohjanpääFinnish actress (1933-1996)
- Elina BrotherusFinnish photographer and video artist (born 1972)
- Elina HirvonenFinnish writer, journalist and documentarist, born 1975
- Elina González Acha de Correa MoralesArgentine educator, scientist and women's rights activist, 1861–1942
- Elina ColomerArgentinian actor (1922-1987)
Questions
- How popular is the name Elina?
- In 2025, 69 girls born in England and Wales were named Elina, ranking 573rd.
- Is Elina a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 6,193 US babies named Elina since 1880 were girls.
- When was Elina most popular?
- 2024 in the United States, when 358 babies were named Elina, its highest rank at 788th.