AKILINA
Akilinaf
Russian: from theLate Latinwoman's personal nameAquilīna, a derivative ofAquila‘eagle’, which had been used as a family name in the classical period. St Aquilina is revered in the Orthodox Church as a young virgin martyr beheaded in Syria at the end of the third century.
Variant:Akulina (a vernacular form).
Cognate:Ukrainian: Kilina.
Pet forms:Russian: Akulya; Kilya, Kulya.