Nalin is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Nalin Angammana, (1945–1995), Sri Lanka Army officer
Nalin Bandara (born 1974), Sri Lankan politician
Nalin Bandaranayake, Sri Lankan cricketer
Nalin Bhatt, Gujarati politician
Nalin Fernando (born 1973), Sri Lankan politician
Nalin Jayawardena (born 1957), Sri Lankan singer
Nalin Kohli, Indian politician
Nalin Kumar Kateel (born 1966), Indian politician
Nalin Kulatilaka, Sri Lankan academic
Nalin Malik (1910–?), Indian swimmer
Nalin Mazumdar, Indian guitarist
Nalin Mehta, Indian scientist
Nalin Mishra (born 1995), Indian cricketer
Nalin Nipiko (born 1995), Vanuatuan cricketer
Nalin Pekgul (born 1967), Swedish politician
Nalin Perera (cricketer) (born 1994), Sri Lankan cricketer
Nalin Perera (judge) (born 1954) Sri Lankan judge
Nalin Perera (singer) (born 1969), Sri Lankan singer
Nalin Prabhat (born 1968), Indian Police Service officer
Nalin Priyadarshana (born 1990), Sri Lankan cricketer
Nalin Priyantha (born 1981), Sri Lankan high jumper
Nalin Raval (1933–2021), Gujarati poet
Nalin Rodrigo, Sri Lankan obstetrician
Nalin Samarasinha (born 1958), Sri Lankan scientist
Nalin Soren, Indian politician
Nalin Surie, Indian civil servant
Nalin Vilochan Sharma (1916–1961), Indian professor
Nalin de Silva (1944–2024), Sri Lankan philosopher
Nalin Vimukthi (born 1988), Sri Lankan cricketer
Nalin Wijesinghe (born 1979), Sri Lankan cricketer
David Nalin (born 1941), American physiologist
Pan Nalin, Indian filmmaker
Hema Nalin Karunaratne (1962–2018), Sri Lankan journalist
