Šalna

surname · Latin script

Meaning: rime, hoarfrost

Šalna is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Lithuania than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • LTLithuania≈1 in 23K(inferred from the name graph)
  • LVLatvia≈1 in 79K
  • PLPoland1 in 9.6M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Lithuania (inferred from the name graph)

≈120 people, est.

Sources
20 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 23K (inferred from the name graph)

Lithuania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

rime, hoarfrost

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Šalna counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Šalna is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
LT Lithuania≈120 est.≈1 in 23KlistedŠalna19
LV Latvia≈24 est.≈1 in 79K1Šalna20
PL Poland41 in 9.6M4——
US United States——listed—3
EE Estonia——listed——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Šalna is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Salna

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Salna

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Šalna is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Plg. Šalnas, Salnis, Šalnys, Šalnius (žr.). Greičiausiai pravardinės pvd., sietinos su liet. šalna „nedidelis pavasario ar rudens pašalimas“ (DLKŽ), šalnoti „po truputį šalti, darytis šalnoms, šalenti“ (ten pat) ar pan

    as a nameLietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 1 country.

Reference works 3

  • Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Šalna mean, and where does it come from?
rime, hoarfrost Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Šalna have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 117 people named Šalna in Lithuania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled šalna.
How common is the name Šalna?
In Poland, the national register counted 4 people named Šalna in 2026, about 1 in 9.6 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Šalna”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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