Lina

Lina arises from multiple distinct traditions. In Germanic and Romance languages it functions as a short form of names ending in -lina, such as Carolina, Angelina, and Paulina, derived ultimately from various Latin and Greek roots. In Arabic it means tender or soft, and in Sanskrit it carries the sense of absorbed or dissolved, giving the name independent standing in South Asian naming traditions. The Latvian form Līna and the Lithuanian use of the name reflect its broad adoption across European cultures as both an independent given name and a diminutive.