Salina

Where Salina comes from

Uncertain, possibly a variant of, or a coinage inspired by, Selina. The place name seems an unlikely source.
— Wiktionary's entry for Salina
  • Vowel-ended
Salina through the years
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #813 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1976
    Salina Kosgei born
    Kenyan marathon runner
  3. 1977
    Peak, #495
    385 babies named Salina, the most in any year.
  4. 1978
    Salina Olsson born
    Swedish association football player
  5. 1979
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #889.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Salina Kosgei · Kenyan marathon runner, born 1976
  • Salina Olsson · Swedish association football player, born 1978
  • Salina Fisher · New Zealand composer, born 1993

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.