Given name & surname · also Greek
Halina
“born of the light”·“one who is calm”
Halina is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “born of the light” and “one who is calm”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Original PolishHalinka
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “born of the light” and “one who is calm”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Greek and Polish naming traditions. The precise derivation is uncertain.
How it developed
From Belarusian Галі́на, from Ancient Greek γαλήνη (“calm”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Halina is a variant of Helen. The history of Helen gives this family its wider story. Helen’s historical associations include the mother of the Emperor Constantine.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Halina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,056
- 0 boys · 1,056 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 33
- #4,293 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +30%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 33 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,293 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 30.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,907 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.
Halina’s family of names
In Polish usage, Halina has a diminutive in HALINKA. In English usage, Halina shares an earlier linguistic root with Halyna. Halina has a related form in Helen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Halina has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
7 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 19
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Halaalso known as · Polish
- Halusiaalso known as · Polish
- Halisiaalso known as · Polish
- Halineczkaalso known as · Polish
- Halciaalso known as · Polish
- Hájaalso known as · Czech
- Halčaalso known as · Czech
- Hálaalso known as · Czech
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People named Halina
- Halina KonopackaPolish athlete (1900-1989)
- Halina PoświatowskaPolish poet (1935–1967)
- Halina GóreckaPolish-German sprinterborn 1938
- Halina ReijnDutch actress and writer (born 1975)
- Halina Czerny-StefańskaPolish musician (1922–2001)
- Halina SkibniewskaPolish politician and architect (1921-2011)
- Halina KwiatkowskaPolish actress1921–2020
- Halina BirenbaumPolish-born Holocaust survivor, Israeli writer, poet, translator and activist (b. 1929)
- Halina Aszkiełowicz-WojnoPolish volleyball player (1947-2018)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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