In 1861, a 200-hectare land in present-day Kalinas was bought by a manor lord and engineer from Vilnius and named Miedziechowszczyzna (Lithuanian: Miedziechovščyzna). Later, the area was renamed to Kalin.
The village was formerly known as Medikiškės, later Kalina.
For a short period during the Soviet occupation, it was a local administrative centre.
References
^Kalina. Mažoji lietuviškoji tarybinė enciklopedija, T. 2 (K–P). Vilnius, Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija, 1968, p. 26.
^Kalinas. Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija, T. 2 (Grūdas-Marvelės). – Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija, 1986. p. 184.
