Linna
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Linna by the numbers
Linna was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 20 babies in 1950, making it a 1950s name.
What we can tell you about Linna
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 Linna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lianato bind or wrap around; climbing vine150 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lindapretty or beautiful404 in the US (2017)
- Linalight; short form of Helena or other names200 in England and Wales (2025)
- Liannato bind or wrap around; a name in its own right207 in the US (2017)
- Linnealinden tree; named after Carl Linnaeus153 in the US (2017)
- Lennabright light; short form of Helena or variant of Leona57 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Linna
Names that are said the same way as Linna, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Linna
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