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[Opinions] Favorite Longer Name for Lina
Leena pronounced "Lee-na" or Lean-a".If you were to pick a longer name for Lina, what would you pick?

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Angelina is my top choice. I also like Catalina, Marcelina, Polina, and Rosalina.
Evelina.
Raffaella (as in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Quartet, where Raffaella Cerullo was known as Lina or Lila).

This message was edited 1/30/2025, 9:30 AM

Leopoldina!
I know Elina, Angelina, Karolina, all go by Lina.
I quite like Angelina with hard g, like in German.
But I'd love Linnéa nn Lina, if possible))
I've been watching The Gilded Age, and the great Caroline Astor is known as "Lina" on there (and in history), so I'm pretty enamoured with that idea. I also like Catalina, for something more straightforward.
I thought of a few more...Polina
Rosalina
Marcelina
Nikolina
Melina
Madalina
Carmelina
Catalina
Angelina
Adelina
Alina
Adalina
Carolina
Celina
Elina
Evalina
Evelina
Evangelina
Karolina
Paulina
Selina