Khalina

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Khalina by the numbers

Khalina was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Khalina

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 Khalina. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kalinarowan tree; mountain ash147 in the US (2017)
  • Khaliabeloved friend; feminine form of Khalil115 in the US (2017)
  • Khalilabeloved friend; feminine form of Khalil3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Khalisapure, clean; feminine form of khalis7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Khaliya25 in the US (2017)
  • Karinapure; a form of Carina or Karen562 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Khalina

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

Names about as common as Khalina

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