Alina
For other uses, see Alina (disambiguation).
Alina is a female given name of Greek origin which means "light". Other sources, however, attribute an Arabic[1] or a Germanic origin.[2] In both cases, it means "noble". In the Germanic version seems to be related to Alicia in Spanish and Adele or Delia in English. The Germanic root subsists in the adjective edel, "noble", or the substantive Adel, "nobility, generosity". It is still regarded as a relatively rare and exotic name in the Western World, despite now beginning to be more widely adopted in places such as France and Brazil (as "Aline"), Italy, and Spain. Besides its native home, it serves a similar purpose in Poland, Romania, Moldova, Germany, Russia, Pakistan, India and Ukraine.
- Alina Astafei
- Alina Bercu
- Alina Bolshakova
- Alina Cho
- Alina Cojocaru
- Alina Devecerski
- Alina Dikhtiar
- Alina Alexandra Dumitru
- Alina Eremia
- Alina Fernández
- Alina Foley
- Alina Forsman
- Alina Frasa
- Alina Garciamendez
- Alina Goreac
- Alina Gorghiu
- Alina Grosu
- Alina Gut
- Alina Guzinska
- Alina Ibragimova
- Alina Ivanova
- Alina Jägerstedt
- Alina Jenkins
- Alina Jidkova
- Alina Kabayeva
- Alina Kozich
- Alina Maksimenko
- Alina Martain
- Alina Militaru
- Alina Orlova
- Alina Panova
- Alina Pienkowska
- Alina Plugaru
- Alina Pogostkina
- Alina Popa
- Alina Puscau
- Alina Reyes
- Alina Smith
- Alina Somova (born 1985), Russian ballet dancer
- Alina Surmacka Szczesniak
- Alina Szapocznikow
- Alina Talay
- Alina Tugend
- Alina Tumilovich
- Alina Vera Savin
Literary characters
- Alina - literary character appearing in the Juliusz Słowacki play Balladyna
- Alina - literary character appearing in the Tadeusz Konwicki novel Kronika wypadków miłosnych
- Alina - literary character appearing in the Leigh Bardugo trilogy Shadow and Bone
See also
- Alina (novel), a 2006 novel by Jason Johnson
- Alina (people)
- Aline
- Alena
- Aleena
References
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