Alsina as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Alsina

What is the meaning of the name Alsina ?

The baby name Alsina is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced al-SEE-nah (English respelling); IPA: /alˈsi.na/ (Catalan/Spanish); approximate English IPA: /ælˈsiːnə/.

Alsina is Catalan, Spanish in Origin.

Alsina is a Catalan and Occitan feminine name derived from the common noun alzina/alsina, meaning holm oak (Quercus ilex), the evergreen oak native to the western Mediterranean. As a nature name it carries associations of endurance, shelter, and longevity, long attributed to the holm oak in Iberian folklore. The same root underlies numerous toponyms and the widespread Catalan surname Alsina.

As a given name, Alsina appears sporadically in Catalan parish registers from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, though it has been far more prevalent as a surname; contemporary use sees occasional revival in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Andorra, and among Catalan-descended families in Latin America. Variants and close relatives include Alzina (Catalan/Occitan standard), Encina (Spanish), and Encina/La Encina as toponymic forms; diminutives include Zina and Sina.

⚙ Alsina is a rare find. There are only 86 recorded uses of it in our data, from 23 countries.