Given name
Nikolina
Nikolina is a feminine given name. It is used in English, Faroese, and Serbo-Croatian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Nikolina is a romanization of Николина. Николина comes from Serbo-Croatian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nikolina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 452
- 0 boys · 452 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,722 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,722 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 16.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 747 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.
Nikolina’s family of names
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Nikolina is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Николина. In Bulgarian usage, Nikolina is a transliteration of Николина. In Greek usage, Nikolina is a transliteration of Νικολίνα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Nikolina has relatives in 3 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 1
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 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nikolina
- Nina DobrevBulgarian-Canadian actressborn 1989
- Nikolina ShterevaBulgarian middle distance runnerborn 1955
- Nikolina BrnjacCroatian politician, State Secretary for European Affairsborn 1978
- Nikolina AngelkovaBulgarian politicianborn 1979
- Nikolina HorvatCroatian athletics competitor (born 1986)
- Nikolina MilićSerbian basketball playerborn 1994
- Nikolina MoldovanCanoeistborn 1990
- Nikolina KneževićMontenegrin handball playerborn 2000
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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