Elina
Meaning and origin
Latinate variant of Elin.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Elina (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Elina has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2005. 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.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 103 |
| 1999 | 121 |
| 2000 | 135 |
| 2001 | 127 |
| 2002 | 145 |
| 2003 | 194 |
| 2004 | 171 |
| 2005 | 217 |
| 2006 | 199 |
| 2007 | 182 |
| 2008 | 166 |
| 2009 | 164 |
| 2010 | 160 |
| 2011 | 164 |
| 2012 | 151 |
| 2013 | 161 |
| 2014 | 139 |
| 2015 | 134 |
| 2016 | 146 |
| 2017 | 122 |
| 2018 | 145 |
| 2019 | 143 |
| 2020 | 138 |
| 2021 | 127 |
| 2022 | 110 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,643 |
| 2000 | 2,789 |
| 2001 | 2,921 |
| 2002 | 3,077 |
| 2003 | 3,267 |
| 2004 | 3,446 |
| 2005 | 3,657 |
| 2006 | 3,864 |
| 2007 | 4,038 |
| 2008 | 4,221 |
| 2009 | 4,400 |
| 2010 | 4,559 |
| 2011 | 4,728 |
| 2012 | 4,900 |
| 2013 | 5,059 |
| 2014 | 5,218 |
| 2015 | 5,342 |
| 2016 | 5,502 |
| 2017 | 5,636 |
| 2018 | 5,797 |
| 2019 | 5,969 |
| 2020 | 6,097 |
Elina in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Elina.Hi! My name is Elina.
- Har du träffat Elina? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Elina? She started working here on Monday.
- Elina har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Elina has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Elinas mamma är lärare.Elina's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Elinas mamma is Elina's mum.
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Questions about Elina
How do you pronounce Elina in Swedish?
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What does the name Elina mean?
Latinate variant of Elin.
How popular is Elina in Sweden?
110 babies were named Elina in 2022. In 2020, 6,097 people in Sweden had Elina as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2005 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.