Zalina
Just 78 women in Poland carry Zalina, so most people here have never met one. The name is Slavic, and it means golden.
Zalina Pronunciation
Zalina is pronounced zah-LEE-nah (/zaˈlina/).
What Zalina means
Where Zalina comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zalina rises from Slavic ground. Its short meaning is golden, in Polish złota. The old Slavic word for gold, złoto, stands right behind the name, and you can hear the metal in it.
The golden sense may have been fixed to Zalina later rather than born with the name. Names for precious things travel far. Zalina turns up across the Caucasus and in Slavic records alike, and the meaning people hold onto stays golden. Gold changes hands, the name stays.
Read a class register in a Polish school and Zalina sits among the Z names, near Zuzanna and Zofia. At the imieniny it needs no translation from anyone. The name says golden, and złota answers back.
How many people are named Zalina
1 in 289024 women in Poland is named Zalina. 78 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4045 among female names.