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Калина
“beautiful, good”
Калина (Kalína) is a feminine given name. It is used in Bulgarian and Macedonian.
Bulgarian and Macedonian and Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Kalina.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Калина goes back to Ancient Greek καλλιμος, meaning “beautiful, good.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Калина’s family of names
In Russian usage, Калина has a later derivative in Kalinainen. In Russian usage, Калина has a conventional equivalent in the German form Kalina. In Macedonian usage, Калина can be written in the Roman alphabet as Kalina.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Калина has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
4 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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