Linwood
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning linden wood; from Old English lind and wudu.
Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Linwood by the numbers
Linwood was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 276 babies in 1948, so it is a 1940s name that has since fallen a long way.
Sounds like Linwood
Names that are said the same way as Linwood, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Lynwoodlake forest; from elements meaning wood and linden
Other names that mean a forest or wood
Like Linwood, each of these has a forest or wood in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sawyerone who saws wood; woodcutter5,531 in the US (2017)
- Silasof the forest, woods3,309 in the US (2017)
- Kimberlyfrom the wood of the royal forest1,823 in the US (2017)
- Lennoxelm grove or from the place of the elms1,200 in the US (2017)
- Emberglowing piece of coal or wood192 in England and Wales (2025)
- Henleyhigh wood or clearing670 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Linwood
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