
The short answer
Aleena is a feminine name in current use in the United States: it ranked #657 for girls in the United States in 2025. Wiktionary calls Aleena a rare spelling variant of Alina, which Behind the Name gives as a short form of Adelina, Albina and other names ending in -alina. The full derivation, and how far the sources will carry it, is set out below.
Meaning and etymology
Wiktionary calls Aleena a "Rare spelling variant of Alina". Behind the Name gives Alina as a "Short form of Adelina, Albina and names that end in alina", used in Romanian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Slovene, German, Italian and Spanish — which means Aleena inherits a family of possible sources rather than one gloss.
Editorial confidence: likely
Competing or overlapping origins
- Behind the Name gives Alina several possible full forms — Adelina, Albina, and other names ending in -alina — rather than a single origin.
Popularity
Aleena ranked #657 for girls in the United States in 2025. The figure comes from the Social Security Administration's national file for that year.
| Region | Year | Rank | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2025 | #657 | ssa-2025 |
Frequently asked questions
What does the name Aleena mean?
Wiktionary calls Aleena a rare spelling variant of Alina, which Behind the Name gives as a short form of Adelina, Albina and other names ending in -alina.
Is Aleena a popular name?
Aleena ranked #657 for girls in the United States in 2025. (Social Security Administration data).
Is Aleena a boy's or a girl's name?
In the 2025 SSA data Aleena appears in the girls' list.
Sources
- U.S. Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names — national data, year of birth 2025 — supports popularity, gender usage.
- Wiktionary: Aleena — Wiktionary, the free dictionary — supports Aleena as a variant of Alina.
- Behind the Name: Meaning, origin and history of the name Alina — supports derivation of Alina.
- Behind the Name: Behind the Name search for Aleena (no entry) — supports absence of an entry for this spelling.