Given name & surname
Longina
Longina is a given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Longina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25
- 0 boys · 25 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 8 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 6 in 1927. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 166 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.
Longina’s family of names
In Polish usage, Longina has a diminutive in LONIA. In Polish usage, Longina has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Лонгина. In Russian usage, Longina is a transliteration of Лонгина.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Around the world
Longina has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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