Hałyna
A Ukrainian name meaning calm and tranquility, the eastern cousin of Polish Halina. Just 75 women in Poland carry it, and no newborn has been given it since 2000, so most Poles have never met one.
Hałyna Pronunciation
Hałyna is pronounced khah-WIH-nah (/xaˈwɨna/).
What Hałyna means
Where Hałyna comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Hałyna grows from Slavic soil and belongs above all to Ukraine, where the name has passed down through Ukrainian families for generations. Cross into Poland and it becomes Halina, the variant most Poles recognize at once. The Ukrainian Hałyna and the Polish Halina are one name in two spellings.
The name means calm. Polish gives it as spokojna, pogodna, a person even in temper. That sense of tranquility is the meaning attached to Hałyna, a quality named rather than an event that happened.
Its smaller forms carry the affection. Halinka belongs to a child, while Hala and Halka pass easily between friends. On an official form at the urząd a woman signs Halina, and the calm gathered in the name stays with the Ukrainian Hałyna underneath.
How many people are named Hałyna
1 in 300584 women in Poland is named Hałyna. 75 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4127 among female names.