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Lina (/ ˈ l iː n ə / LEE-nə) is an international feminine given name, mostly the short form of a variety of names ending in -lina including Adelina, Angelina, Carmelina, Carolina, Catalina, Emelina, Evangelina, Evelina, Karolina, Italina, Marcelina, Melina, Nikolina, Paulina, Rosalina, and Žaklina.
Prefixes such as La/Le, Da/De, Ra/Re, or Ja/Je and suffixes such as -ique/iqua, -isha (for girls), -ari and -aun/awn (for boys) are common, as well as inventive spellings for common names. The book Baby Names Now: From Classic to Cool—The Very Last Word on First Names places the origins of "La" names in African-American culture in New Orleans ...
In the Albanian version, Linda is a feminine name which means "birth" or "fertility". The masculine form is Lind. [4] In South African terms the name Linda means "wait" and is not gender based; similar names are Lindiwe also meaning "waited for" but often just written as Lindi in short.
Wattenberg compares names that end in “Lani” to names ending with “Lynn” or “Leigh.” “Lani, like Leigh or Lynn, can be attached to pretty much anything,” Wattenberg says.
This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with L in English transcription. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External Links.
100 boy names that start with "L" for parents to consider, from Liam to Legend.
200 baby names that start with "L" for parents to consider for sons and daughters, from Liam and Leo to Luna and Lauren.
Names beginning with or containing the letter L have also been particularly fashionable for girls. [10] It is also found as a surname, sometimes with a prefix, for example, de Luna or Deluna. The similar sounding Runa has been used in at least one instance as a non-standard pronunciation in Japan for the kanji 月, meaning moon. Other standard ...