Linnie
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Linnie by the numbers
Linnie was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 179 babies in 1915, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Linnie
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 Linnie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lenniestrong lion; a form of Leonard210 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lennixelm grove; a modern respelling of Lennox53 in the US (2017)
- Lennia form of leonard; strong lion5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lynnelake or soft; a form of Lynn or Linda13 in the US (2017)
- Lennin11 in the US (2017)
- Lonni7 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Linnie
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