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Also meant "viburnum tree" in Russian.
As a person named Kalina, I will inform you that it is easier to be mispronounced than you would think, but because it is unique and uncommon, it is easily remembered. There are multiple meanings to this name, one is Sanskrit for "the sun", another is a type of Celtic knot, and yet another is Bulgarian/Hawaiian for flower. In Bulgaria it literally transfers into "Viburnum", which is a bush with white flowers, and in Hawaii, a 'Kalina Flower' is an extremely pretty almost rhododendron/succulent looking mix that is a soft but bright pink fading into yellow. It can also be traced to Polish roots.
In the Skáldskaparmál part of the Norse mythology script "Edda" the rowan is called "the salvation of Thor" because he once saved himself from drowning in a river by clinging to it.
A word of Slavic origin meaning 'flower'.An Asutralian aboriginal name that originated with the Wemba Wemba tribe of Northwestern Victoria with the meaning "to love". A Hawaiian variation of Colleen. (Information from thinkbabynames.com)
Alternative meaning: Swedish form of Katherine.

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