Linken

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 39 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
39
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Linken by the numbers

Linken was given to 39 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Linken

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

  • Lindenlinden tree; associated with lime trees181 in the US (2017)
  • Linkin141 in the US (2017)
  • Linkyn33 in the US (2017)
  • Linkon17 in the US (2017)
  • Lynken13 in the US (2017)
  • Landenlong hill or open grassy hill; a spelling variant of Landon755 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Linken

Names that are said the same way as Linken, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Linconlake settlement; a form of Lincoln5 in the US (2017)
  • Lynkin12 in the US (2017)
  • Lynkon7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Linken

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