Given name
Kalyna
“resembling a delicate flower”
Kalyna is a variant of Kaleen. One Slavic interpretation is “resembling a delicate flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kalyna is a variant of Kaleen. One Slavic interpretation is “resembling a delicate flower.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kalyna is a variant of Kaleen. An origin associated with Kaleen is Slavic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kalyna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 257
- 0 boys · 257 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,669 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +35%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,669 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 245 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kalyna
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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