Given name & surname
Salina
“one of a solemn, dignified character”
Salina is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “one of a solemn, dignified character.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “one of a solemn, dignified character.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Salina is a variant of Selene. The history of Selene gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Selene is associated with the goddess of the moon.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Salina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,239
- 0 boys · 7,239 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 385 babies
- 2025
- 35
- #4,154 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 35 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,154 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 2.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 385 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,533 as a first name in 2020; 768 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Salina’s family of names
In English usage, Salina has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Celina. Salina has a related form in Selene. Salina has a related form in Salena.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 31
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Selenevariant
- Salenavariant
- Salanavariant
- Saleanavariant
- Salynavariant
- Salindavariant
- Salinnalikely variant
- Sallenevariant
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- Salennavariant
- Salenahvariant
- Salenvariant
- Saleanevariant
- Saleanahvariant
- Saleanvariant
- Salanevariant
- Salanahvariant
- Salynevariant
- Salynahvariant
- Salynvariant
- Sallyneevariant
- Sallynevariant
- Sallynahvariant
- Sallynavariant
- Sallynvariant
- Sallinevariant
- Sallinahvariant
- Sallinavariant
- Sallinvariant
- Salineevariant
- Salinahvariant
- Salinvariant
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Salina
- Zalina SidakovaBelarusian amateur wrestlerborn 1992
- Salina KosgeiKenyan marathon runnerborn 1976
- Salina OlssonSwedish association football playerborn 1978
- Salina FisherNew Zealand composerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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