Name: Linda
Gender: Female
Usage: Linda, of anglo-saxon origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Linda are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Linda across the world, see Malynda.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Linda is: Pretty one, Linden tree.
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Numerology of the first name Linda: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 22. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: visionary, successful, leader, innovative, genius.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Successful, Visionary
Ruling planet: Uranus
Colors: Blue, Gray
Gemstones: Sapphire
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The name Linda is ranked on the 38th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 7801800 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.107% of the population. The name Linda has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Linda for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Linda is 9 January.
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History and Origin
Linda is a female given name, originally German, but widespread in the English-speaking world since the end of the nineteenth century. The German name Linde was originally an abbreviated form of older names such as Dietlinde and Sieglinde. In the form Linda it was used by the writer Jean Paul for a leading character in his four-volume novel Titan, published 1800-1803, and it became popular in German-speaking countries thereafter.
The name-element Linde is possibly derived from the same root as the linden tree, with reference to a shield made of that wood, but may have beome associated with Germanic lind meaning "soft, tender", the image of the tree being used to indicate a gentle personality. Alternatively, Linde may represent Old German Lindi or Linda, meaning a serpent. Subsequent support for its appeal may have come from the neo Latin language (Italian, Spanish or Portuguese) word linda, which is the feminine form of lindo, meaning "beautiful, pretty, cute" (Spanish) and "clean" (Italian).
Lynda is a common variant spelling of the name in English. Among other names in use in English speaking countries that include the -linda suffix are Melinda, Belinda, Celinda and Rosalinda.
The name days for Linda are on September 1 (Czech Rep.), June 20 (Sweden), April 15 (Finland/Germany), February 13 (Hungary, Poland), September 2 (Slovakia), September 4 (Poland) and August 21 (Latvia). Linda's name day in Switzerland is on the 19th of June.
English: of recent and somewhat uncertain origin. It is first recorded in the 19th century, perhaps either as a shortening of Belinda or as an adoption of the Spanish vocabulary word linda pretty (masculine lindo). Alternatively, it may be derived from the Latinate form of any of various other Germanic female names ending in the element -lind meaning ‘weak, tender, soft’. It has become very popular in the 20th century.
Pet form: Lindie, Lindy.
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