Given name
Helina
“tinkling”
Helina is a feminine given name. It is used in Estonian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Helina is a variant of Helen. A possible origin is Greek, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Helina 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
Helina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 535
- 0 boys · 535 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,624 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,624 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 8.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 792 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.
Helina’s family of names
Helina has a related form in Helen. In Estonian usage, Helina has a related form in Helena. In Finnish usage, Helina has a conventional equivalent in the German form Helene.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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.
People named Helina
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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