Girl · Swedish (from Latin botanical naming)
Linnea
Say it: lin-NAY-ah
Meaning
From the twinflower, Linnaea borealis, named after the botanist Carl Linnaeus, whose surname comes from Swedish lind 'linden tree'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Taken up as a Swedish given name in honour of Linnaeus and his favourite flower, and widely popular since the late 20th century.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 9,241 babies given this name since 1894
- At its height in 2015, about 1 in 10,100 girls
- 124 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Linnéa, Linea
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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