Elina

See also: elina and Elīna

English

Proper noun

Elina

  1. A female given name

Anagrams

Estonian

Proper noun

Elina

  1. A female given name, variant of Helena (“Helen”).

Finnish

Etymology

Medieval variant of Helena. Equivalent to Swedish Elin and English Ellen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈelinɑ]
  • Hyphenation: E‧li‧na

Proper noun

Elina

  1. A female given name.
    • 1840 Kanteletar:3:8 Elinan surma:
      Se oli meno nuoren rouvan,
      nuoren Elina emännän,
      Jok' oli kaunis kasvoiltansa,
      kaunis kaikella tavalla.

Declension
Inflection of Elina (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Elina Elinat
genitive Elinan Elinoiden
Elinoitten
partitive Elinaa Elinoita
illative Elinaan Elinoihin
singular plural
nominative Elina Elinat
accusative nom. Elina Elinat
gen. Elinan
genitive Elinan Elinoiden
Elinoitten
Elinainrare
partitive Elinaa Elinoita
inessive Elinassa Elinoissa
elative Elinasta Elinoista
illative Elinaan Elinoihin
adessive Elinalla Elinoilla
ablative Elinalta Elinoilta
allative Elinalle Elinoille
essive Elinana Elinoina
translative Elinaksi Elinoiksi
instructive — Elinoin
abessive Elinatta Elinoitta
comitative — Elinoineen

Anagrams

Swedish

Etymology

Latinate variant of Elin.

Proper noun

Elina c (genitive Elinas)

  1. A female given name.

Usage notes
  • Formerly rare but becoming popular in the 2000s.
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