Lineth

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lineth by the numbers

Lineth was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 13 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Lineth

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 Lineth. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Lizethgod is my oath; a form of Elizabeth123 in the US (2017)
  • Liseth5 in the US (2017)
  • Lilithof the night, spirit of night120 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lizbethgod is my oath; a form of Elizabeth288 in the US (2017)
  • Lisbethgod's oath; a form of Elisabeth44 in the US (2017)
  • Linettelinen cloth; small flax plant16 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Lineth

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