Erlinda

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables.

Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list

Erlinda by the numbers

Its American peak was 171 babies in 1949, making it a 1940s name.

What we can tell you about Erlinda

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Erlinda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Elinabright shining light; form of Helen69 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Elidasmall winged one; a form of Alida42 in the US (2017)
  • Erinapeace; related to Irene8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ellinabright, shining; a form of Helen16 in the US (2017)
  • Erlin9 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Erlinda

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