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Adelina f Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Germanic (Latinized)
From a Germanic name that was derived from the element adal meaning "noble" (Proto-Germanic *aþalaz).

Alina f Romanian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Slovene, German, Italian, Spanish
Short form of Adelina, Albina and names that end in alina.

Angelina f Italian, English, Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Armenian
Latinate diminutive of Angela. A famous bearer is American actress Angelina Jolie (1975-).

Angelino m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Diminutive of Angelo or Ángel.

Carmelina f Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish diminutive of Carmela.

Carolina f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Swedish
Latinate feminine form of Carolus. This is the name of two American states: North and South Carolina. They were named for Charles I, king of England.

Celino m Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Italian and Spanish form of Caelinus or a short form of Marcelino.

Ermelinda f Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of Ermelinde.

Evelina f English, Italian, Swedish, Lithuanian, Greek, Russian, Bulgarian
Latinate form of Aveline. It was revived by the author Fanny Burney for the heroine of her first novel Evelina (1778). It is often regarded as a variant of the related name Evelyn or an elaboration of Eve.

Lina 2 f English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Lithuanian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Slovene
Short form of names ending in lina.

Linda f English, German, Dutch, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, French, Latvian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Germanic
Originally a medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element lind meaning "soft, flexible, tender" (Proto-Germanic *linþaz). It also coincides with the Spanish and Portuguese word linda meaning "beautiful". In the English-speaking world this name experienced a spike in popularity beginning in the 1930s, peaking in the late 1940s, and declining shortly after that. It was the most popular name for girls in the United States from 1947 to 1952.

Lino 1 m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Galician
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Galician form of Linus.

Lino 2 m Italian
Short form of Angelino and other names ending in lino.

Marcellina f Ancient Roman, Italian
Feminine form of Marcellinus.

Marcellino m Italian
Italian form of Marcellinus.

Michelina f Italian
Feminine diminutive of Michele 1.

Natalina f Italian, Portuguese
Diminutive of Natalia (Italian) or Natália (Portuguese).

Natalino m Italian
Diminutive of Natale.

Nicolina f Italian
Feminine diminutive of Nicola 1.

Nicolino m Italian
Italian diminutive of Nicola 1.

Olindo m Literature, Italian
Used by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso for the lover of Sophronia in his epic poem Jerusalem Delivered (1580). It might be a variant of Olinto, the Italian form of the ancient Greek city Ὄλυνθος (Olynthos) meaning "wild fig".

Paolina f Italian
Italian feminine form of Paulinus (see Paulino).

Paolino m Italian
Italian form of Paulinus (see Paulino).

Pasqualina f Italian
Italian feminine form of Pascal.

Pasqualino m Italian
Diminutive of Pasquale.

Plinio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Plinius (see Pliny).

Rosalinda f Spanish, Italian
Latinate form of Rosalind.

Teodolinda f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Rare)
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Theodelinda (see Dietlinde).

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