Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Ellina isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ellina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 281
- 0 boys · 281 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #6,615 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +4%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,615 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 3.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 379 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ellina’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Ellina has a conventional equivalent in the German form Helene.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 33
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Ellieequivalent
- Elenaequivalent
- Elaineequivalent
- Helenaequivalent
- Lanaequivalent
- Eileenequivalent
- Alenaequivalent
- Elinaequivalent
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- Ilianaequivalent
- Aileenequivalent
- Ellenequivalent
- Leniequivalent
- Hayleyequivalent
- Yelenaequivalent
- Eleanaequivalent
- Ileanaequivalent
- HeleneGerman
- Ellenaequivalent
- Ilonaequivalent
- Elonaequivalent
- Aeliaequivalent
- Ilenaequivalent
- Elineequivalent
- Ellynequivalent
- Allinaequivalent
- Mellinaequivalent
- Ellineequivalent
- Elaneequivalent
- Helinequivalent
- Ellinequivalent
- Lénaïcequivalent
- Helianeequivalent
- Hélèneequivalent