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Linda
Pronounced /ˈlɪndə/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1947 · #458
Origin
Germanic
Also recorded for girls:321 in 2024 (#838)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No boys were recorded as Linda in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1947 with 216 babies, ranked #458.
- It first shows up in the records in 1925.
- 3,756 boys have been named Linda since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Linda per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0Gen Z1997–12
- 0Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 6 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 753 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,321 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen X: 481 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 195 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Latinised short form of Germanic compound names ending in -lind, -linde (“tender, soft”) (English -inda), such as Sieglinde and Dietlinde, and earlier names such as Old High German Irmilinda and Old Dutch Frithelind, from Proto-Germanic *linþaz (“gentle, mild”), whence also Old English līþe (“gentle, mild, pliable, limber”) (English lithe). Later misassociated with unrelated Spanish linda (“beautiful”). The name became known through 19th century literature and the opera Linda di Chamounix (1842). More at lithe.
- A female given name from the Germanic languages.
- Origin
- Germanic
- Say it
- /ˈlɪndə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Linda, CC BY-SA 4.0.