Carlina is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning “thistle.” In 2024 it was given to 6 girls in the United States.
Carlina belongs to the Italian tradition. Its meaning — “thistle” — is the sense carried by its Italian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Carla.
In the United States, Carlina first appears in Social Security records in 1942. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2941 in 1976, and in 2024 6 babies received the name — 1,178 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Carlina means “thistle” in its Italian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Carlina is a girl name. In 2024, 6 babies received the name in the US.
Carlina comes from the Italian tradition. It is also spelled Carla.
Carlina first appears in US records in 1942. Its best-ever ranking was #2941 in 1976, and 6 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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