Zelina

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zelina by the numbers

Zelina was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 1993, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Zelina

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

  • Zeinaornament or grace29 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zelenagreen; a form of Zelda35 in the US (2017)
  • Zeliazealous; a form of Zeal3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zerina10 in the US (2017)
  • Zalina7 in the US (2017)
  • Zeliha4 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Zelina

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