Lina
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name derived from Karolina, Evelina, Paulina, or from Linus.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Lina (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Lina has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. 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 | 309 |
| 1999 | 270 |
| 2000 | 280 |
| 2001 | 259 |
| 2002 | 275 |
| 2003 | 260 |
| 2004 | 246 |
| 2005 | 270 |
| 2006 | 212 |
| 2007 | 155 |
| 2008 | 156 |
| 2009 | 160 |
| 2010 | 149 |
| 2011 | 146 |
| 2012 | 134 |
| 2013 | 117 |
| 2014 | 123 |
| 2015 | 118 |
| 2016 | 111 |
| 2017 | 110 |
| 2018 | 111 |
| 2019 | 113 |
| 2020 | 99 |
| 2021 | 111 |
| 2022 | 91 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 12,709 |
| 2000 | 12,988 |
| 2001 | 13,289 |
| 2002 | 13,575 |
| 2003 | 13,867 |
| 2004 | 14,121 |
| 2005 | 14,412 |
| 2006 | 14,669 |
| 2007 | 14,858 |
| 2008 | 15,063 |
| 2009 | 15,253 |
| 2010 | 15,405 |
| 2011 | 15,590 |
| 2012 | 15,758 |
| 2013 | 15,933 |
| 2014 | 16,137 |
| 2015 | 16,319 |
| 2016 | 16,545 |
| 2017 | 16,768 |
| 2018 | 16,946 |
| 2019 | 17,097 |
| 2020 | 17,228 |
Lina in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Lina.Hi! My name is Lina.
- Lina bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Lina lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Lina har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Lina has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Linas mamma är lärare.Lina's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Linas mamma is Lina's mum.
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Questions about Lina
How do you pronounce Lina in Swedish?
In IPA, Lina is /²liːna/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Lina mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name derived from Karolina, Evelina, Paulina, or from Linus.
How popular is Lina in Sweden?
91 babies were named Lina in 2022. In 2020, 17,228 people in Sweden had Lina as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 1998 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.