Given name · also Bulgarian
Nicolina
Nicolina is a feminine given name from Bulgarian, ultimately from Ukrainian. It is used in Romanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Nicolina comes from Bulgarian, and ultimately from Ukrainian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Bulgarian Николина, from Ukrainian Ніколіна.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1897. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nicolina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,814
- 0 boys · 1,814 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #6,052 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,052 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 34 in 2002. In 2025, New Jersey and New York shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,441 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.
Nicolina’s family of names
In Romanian usage, Nicolina was borrowed from the Bulgarian form Николина.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nicolina
- Melati van JavaDutch writer and philanthropist (1853-1927), editor
- Nicolina Vaz de AssisBrazilian sculptor1874–1941
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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