Lynda

A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning pretty, beautiful; a form of Linda.

Babies a year
32
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lynda by the numbers

Lynda was given to 32 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 4,840 babies in 1947, so it is a 1940s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Linda

Like Lynda, each of these traces back to Linda: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Lynnalake; a variant of Lynn or Linda8 in the US (2017)
  • Valindastrong and beautiful; blend of Val and Linda

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lynda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Lydafrom Lydia; a form of Lydia14 in the US (2017)
  • Lyndan5 in the US (2017)
  • Lynnelake or soft; a form of Lynn or Linda13 in the US (2017)
  • Lynix20 in the US (2017)
  • Landy10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Lynda

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

  • Lindapretty or beautiful404 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean beauty

Like Lynda, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
  • Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
  • Kevinhandsome at birth3,813 in the US (2017)
  • Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
  • Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Lynda

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