Nelina
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Nelina by the numbers
Nelina was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Nelina
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 Nelina. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Neliahorn of plenty; a form of Cornelia5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nelidahorn; a form of Cornelia7 in the US (2017)
- Nalinalotus flower5 in the US (2017)
- Noeliachristmas born; relating to noel130 in the US (2017)
- Nellabeautiful; a form of Nell or Nella45 in England and Wales (2025)
- Neilachampion; a form of Niamh32 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Nelina
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