Comments on: Name of the Day: Alina

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Baby Name of the Day: Aaliyah | Appellation Mountain — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:03:19 +0000

[...] yet Alia is an almost inevitable construction, as tough to pin down as Allie, Alisa, or Alina. There are simply some sounds that work as given names in English. If you’ve ever heard [...]

By: alina

alina — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:44:11 +0000

hey! my name is alina 2 but im from russia. my sister calls me alik or alinka wich is a short and cute nickname!

By: stalex

stalex — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:28:56 +0000

we have two girls: ayla and amira. we are expecting baby girl #3 and are strongly considering alina. i found a website that said that alina(h) was arabic for “noble”. it would be a perfect addition to our other girls’ names which are also hebrew/arabic

By: Anya

Anya — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:25:17 +0000

My aunt’s name is Alina! She’s called Alina, no nickname now, but when she was a kid people called her Ala. We’re from Poland, and so Alina was called a Polish nickname, Ala. Ala is also a nickname for the name Alice/Alicia (in Poland, at least).

By: Alya

Alya — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:50:16 +0000

My name is Alina. I’m from Ukraine. Short form for my name is Alya. Sometimes i can be called Alinka. But it is not Slavic name it is Greek name.
Alena (Alenka) is totally other name. You think it is similar only because of difference in languages. You just don’t have sound in English for letter E, that is used in Slavic languages.

By: Russian101

Russian101 — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:27:09 +0000

If ou do know an Eastern European woman with this name, make sure you do not call her Alika. Just adding the -ka to a name is highly offensive. However, you can call her Alinka or Alinchka, but only if you are close to her. It would be good to ask her permission for you to call her this as well.

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:48:51 +0000

Hi Alina – besides the obvious Ali and Lina, how ’bout Lia or Lin? Neither are a stretch. There’s also Lila, Lilou, Alix, Nina or Laney – all a bit more of a reach. Are you buy chance Slavic in any way? You could go with their practice – I think you’d be Alenka. There’s something rather exotic and substantial about the added k – IMHO.

By: Alina

Alina — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:59:44 +0000

My name is Alina! But I am in the USA, not Poland or places where it’s more common. I was looking to find a nickname for someone named Alina, any ideas? Anyway, love this article! hahaha and you all that commented have absolutely beautiful names!
Sincerely Alina (:

By: charlottevera

charlottevera — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:46:01 +0000

She has a fairly rich heritage and history, but I find Alina’s sound simply too bland for my tastes.

By: Christina Fonseca

Christina Fonseca — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:16:58 +0000

I love Alina either as a stand-alone name or as a nickname. a-LEE-na, so pretty and feminine. Catalina is another name she can be short for.