Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Cebuano usage, Talina is a diminutive of Catalina.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Talina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,049
- 0 boys · 1,049 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 40 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,821 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,821 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 905 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.
Talina’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Talina is a diminutive of Catalina. In Cebuano usage, Talina is a shortened form of Catalina.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
People named Talina
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Talina, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Tanya
“queen of the fairies”
>99% girls