Alina
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from the Germanic languages. Borrowed from Italian Alina, or a Latinate form of French Aline, ultimately from diminutives of the same Germanic name Adela, Adele.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Alina (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Alina has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 21 |
| 1999 | 22 |
| 2000 | 18 |
| 2001 | 22 |
| 2002 | 29 |
| 2003 | 34 |
| 2004 | 58 |
| 2005 | 42 |
| 2006 | 46 |
| 2007 | 34 |
| 2008 | 46 |
| 2009 | 53 |
| 2010 | 58 |
| 2011 | 58 |
| 2012 | 57 |
| 2013 | 82 |
| 2014 | 90 |
| 2015 | 96 |
| 2016 | 95 |
| 2017 | 95 |
| 2018 | 100 |
| 2019 | 105 |
| 2020 | 97 |
| 2021 | 113 |
| 2022 | 121 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 507 |
| 2000 | 536 |
| 2001 | 564 |
| 2002 | 610 |
| 2003 | 660 |
| 2004 | 737 |
| 2005 | 794 |
| 2006 | 874 |
| 2007 | 963 |
| 2008 | 1,048 |
| 2009 | 1,143 |
| 2010 | 1,234 |
| 2011 | 1,322 |
| 2012 | 1,413 |
| 2013 | 1,529 |
| 2014 | 1,644 |
| 2015 | 1,782 |
| 2016 | 1,921 |
| 2017 | 2,050 |
| 2018 | 2,202 |
| 2019 | 2,341 |
| 2020 | 2,477 |
Alina in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Alina.Hi! My name is Alina.
- Har du träffat Alina? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Alina? She started working here on Monday.
- Alina har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Alina has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Alinas mamma är lärare.Alina's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Alinas mamma is Alina's mum.
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Questions about Alina
How do you pronounce Alina in Swedish?
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What does the name Alina mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from the Germanic languages. Borrowed from Italian Alina, or a Latinate form of French Aline, ultimately from diminutives of the same Germanic name Adela, Adele.
How popular is Alina in Sweden?
121 babies were named Alina in 2022. In 2020, 2,477 people in Sweden had Alina as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2022 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.