Jelina

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jelina by the numbers

Jelina was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Jelina

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jelina. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jelenashining light; a form of Helen68 in the US (2017)
  • Julinayouthful; a form of Julia14 in the US (2017)
  • Jeminadove; a form of jemimah5 in the US (2017)
  • Jalina18 in the US (2017)
  • Jolina17 in the US (2017)
  • Jenina3 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Jelina

Names that are said the same way as Jelina, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Gelenatorch or shining light; a form of Helen11 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jelina

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