Given name · also Slavic
Halyna
“born of the light”·“one who is calm”
Halyna is a variant of Halina. Interpretations include “born of the light” and “one who is calm”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Halyna is a variant of Halina. Interpretations include “born of the light” and “one who is calm”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Halyna comes from Slavic, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Halyna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1953
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1953. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,283 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.
Halyna’s family of names
In English usage, Halyna shares an earlier linguistic root with Galina. Halyna has a related form in Halina. In English usage, Halyna shares an earlier linguistic root with Halina.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Halyna
- Halyna HutchinsUkrainian-American cinematographer and investigative journalist1979–2021
- Halyna KuzmenkoUkrainian anarchist (1897–1978)1896–1978
- Halyna SevrukUkrainian artist1929–2022
- Halyna PundykUkrainian fencerborn 1987
- Halyna KrukUkrainian poetborn 1974
- Halyna ZubchenkoUkrainian painter (1929-2000)
- Halyna PahutiakUkrainian writerborn 1958
- Halyna MarkushevskaUkrainian handball playerborn 1976
- Galina BurkatskayaUkrainian politician (1916–2006)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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