Linda

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Female Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Short form of names containing the Germanic name element LIND [1] [2]

Related Names

     
Lind Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Linda Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Lindá Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Linde Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Lindi Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish
Lindy Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Linta Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Linti Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Lintu Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Lintukka Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Lynda Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian

See also Linn and Lindis

Combinations

For combinations see LIND (name element)

Name Days

Finland Finland

15 April

Norway Norway

13 May

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

15 April

Sweden Sweden

20 June

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Linda
Accusative: Lindu
Dative: Lindu
Genitive: Lindu
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Linda
Accusative: Lindu
Dative: Lindu
Genitive: Lindu

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Finland: 1833 [2]

Namesakes

Linda Birgitta Bengtzing, Swedish singer (* 1974)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m1.png 38190 51300 1 2
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png 10264 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png 9119 15064 0 0
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png n.a. 10777 0 0
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[3][4][5][6]:Name statistics for Linda(f)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[5]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Linda(f)


Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi