Baby name

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Palina

/pah · LEE · nah/


“Possibly small”

Belarusian form of Polina. Polina is possibly a Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Greek form of Paulina, which traces back to the Roman name Paulus, meaning 'small' in Latin, or possibly a short form of Apollinariya.

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How it ages.

A soft, lyrical Slavic name that stays rare outside Belarus but reads as warm and classic within that tradition.

The cultural moment.

Rare; used mainly in Belarus, as the Belarusian form of Polina.