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
Along the way
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #813 among girls, 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 — more than any year before or since.
  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.