Linus

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish

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Origin and Meaning

1) Latin form of Greek Λινος (Linos) of uncertain origin and meaning. Maybe it is taken from the refrain of a lament sung at harvest in Argos / Greece: oi lann, ai lenn = 'woe betide us'

2) Short form of names ending on -linus (see also -inus)

3) Male form of Lina

Related Names

Liinus	♂
Lino	♂
Linus	♂

See also Linius

For female forms see Lina

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Linus
Genitive:	Linus'

- Finnish
Nominative:	Linus
Genitive:	Linuksen
Partitive:	Linusta

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Linus
Genitive:	Linus'

- Swedish
Nominative:	Linus
Genitive:	Linus' / Linus

Name Days

Denmark

23 September

Faroe Islands

23 September

Finland (Swedish Language)

3 May

Sweden

26 November

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden: 1810
• Norway: 1836 (Kristiansund)

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden: 1980-
• Norway: 2005-

Predominant Regional Usage

• Norway: Møre og Romsdal (esp. Tustna)
• Sweden: Västergötland (19th century) see map

Namesakes

• Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969), Finlandswedish software engineer and initiator of the Linux operation system

Statistics

Name Count per Country

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		2	5	19604	23924
Norway		0	n.a.	1658	n.a.
Denmark		0	n.a.	1098	n.a.
Finland		0	0	n.a.	1427
#: 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.

 

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Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Linus (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.

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