MEANING & HISTORY
What does Maria Lina mean?
Maria is the Latin form of Greek Maria from Hebrew Miriam. Egyptian beloved or love and several Hebrew interpretations have been proposed for Miriam; the ultimate meaning is not settled.
Nordic Names identifies Lina as short for names ending in lina, line, lin or liina and independently as a Linus counterpart. Its formation does not select one parent such as Carolina for every bearer.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗The parts of this recorded form
These parts have their own entries. Their separate histories do not automatically create a single combined meaning.
THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Maria Lina in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
MARIA LINACSV record 11,004 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Maria Lina in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Maria Lina
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Marcelina♀Feminine form in the Marcellinus name family
- Mariana·Maria/Marian family; also feminine Marianus
- Marianing♀Philippine familiar form of Marian
- Marlina·Marline variant with several documented formations
- Carmelina·Garden, through the Carmel name family
- Carolina♀Latinate feminine of Carolus, in the Charles family
- Catalina♀Spanish form of Katherine
- Magdalena♀Of Magdala
What rhymes with Maria Lina?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Maria Lina further
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- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Behind the Name: Maria (opens in a new tab)
Exact form and documented name relationship.
- Behind the Name: mary (opens in a new tab)
Independently consulted linked-name formation and lexical root.
- Nordic Names: Lina (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling and specific name formation.