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Meaning

The name Linda has the following meaning:

Pretty in Spanish. This name often forms part of other longer names such as "Melinda" or "Belinda", yet stands well on its own. Was hugely popular in the 1900s.
This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

Popularity

As a baby girl name, Linda is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 403 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Linda fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 46 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 553 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Linda in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Linda is pronounced as lin-duh

Origins

Linda originates from the Spanish language.
See other suggested Spanish baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Linda and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Linda: Boys - Efrain, Girls - Alba, Buena, Flor, Lita, Savanah, Savannah, Sherita, Tierra, Both genders - Cielo, Dolores, Guadalupe, Jade, Lynn, Maria

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Linda: Lindah, Lindee, Lindi, Lindy (English), Linn (Scottish), Lynda (English), Lyndy, Lynn (English), Lynnda, Lynndie

Nicknames

Common nicknames for the name Linda are: Lynn, Lindy

Style

We think the name Linda should fall under the following style category: The 70's.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Linda to be: A pretty girl who is sweet and quiet

In one word, you might describe Linda as a(n) "sweet" person.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Linda (or its variants) are:

Linda Hunt, born on 2 April, a famous actress. Linda Hunt's background: An American film, stage and television actress. She is best known for her Academy Award-winning role in the 1983 film, 'The Year of Living Dangerously', in which she played a male Chinese-Australian dwarf Billy Kwan. She is the only person ever to win an award for her portrayal of a character of the opposite sex.

Linda Ellerbee, born on 15 August, a famous journalist. Linda Ellerbee's background: Journalist who is most known for several jobs at NBC News, including Washington (DC) correspondent, and reporter and co-anchor of NBC News Overnight, which was recognized by the duPont Columbia Awards as 'the best written and most intelligent news program ever.'

Linda Evans, born on 18 November, a famous actress. Linda Evans's background: A Golden Globe-winning and Emmy nominated American actress known mainly for her roles on television. Her best known role was that of Krystle Carrington, a young compassionate wife in the 1980's TV soap opera 'Dynasty'.

Linda Eastman McCartney, born on 24 September, a famous photographer. Linda Eastman McCartney's background: Wife of Paul McCartney. A professional photographer, an animal rights activist. She published her own photographs in a book titled 'Linda McCartney's Sixties: Portrait of an Era', ran a vegetarian food business and co-wrote a song with her husband 'Live and Let Die', for which they shared an Oscar nomination. She died of breast cancer at the age of 56.
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