English

Alternative forms

• Lynda

Proper noun

Linda

1. A female given name.
   • 1752 Countess D'Aulnoi, Thomas Parnell: The Court of Queen Mab. Tales of Fairies. London,M.Cooper, MDCCLII.page 328:

     The Orange-Tree stood in a Wood which belong'd to a Princess, who liv'd in a magnificent Palace not far off, and us'd to walk there. This Princess was young, beautiful and witty, and her Name Linda.

   • 1946 Jack Lawrence: Linda ( a popular song ) :

     When I go to sleep / I never count sheep / I count all the charms about Linda.

Usage notes

• Linda was the most popular name for women born in the U.S. 1947-1952.

Derived terms

• Lindie, Lindy, Lyn (pet forms)

Related terms

• -inda
• lind
• linden
• lithe

Anagrams

• Ladin, Ndali, nidal

Czech

Proper noun

Linda f

1. A female given name, cognate to English Linda.

Danish

Proper noun

Linda

1. A female given name of Germanic origin.

Estonian

Etymology

The Germanic name Linda was already known in Estonia when Fr.R.Kreutzwald chose it to his Kalevipoeg (1861), based on the assumption that the place name Lindanise (Tallinn) would derive from the given name Linda. By folk etymology associated with Estonian lind ‎(“bird”) and lendama ‎(“to fly”).

Proper noun

Linda

1. The mother of Kalevipoeg in the Estonian national epic.
2. A female given name.

Usage notes

• Popular in the beginning of the 20th century.

Related terms

• Inna
• Lenna

Faroese

Proper noun

Linda

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Linda: Linduson
• daughter of Linda: Lindudóttir

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, cognate with English Linda. First recorded in Finland in 1833.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlindɑ]
• Hyphenation: Lin‧da

Proper noun

Linda

1. A female given name

Declension

French

Proper noun

Linda

1. A female given name of Germanic origin.

German

Proper noun

Linda

1. A female given name of Germanic origin.

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians at the end of the 19th century. From Estonian Linda, and also of Germanic origin.

Proper noun

Linda f

1. A female given name.

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
• Population Register of Latvia: Linda was the only given name of 7434 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Norwegian

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, cognate with English Linda. First recorded in Norway in the 19th century.

Proper noun

Linda

1. A female given name.

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 15 064 females with the given name Linda living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Slovak

Proper noun

Linda f

1. A female given name.

Swedish

Etymology

Germanic origin, cognate with English Linda. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1833.

Proper noun

Linda

1. A female given name.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 51 300 females with the given name Linda living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Esperanto

Adjective

linda ‎(accusative singular lindan, plural lindaj, accusative plural lindajn)

1. (poetic) pretty^[1]

Synonyms

• beleta

References

1. ↑ Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda (1970) Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto (in Esperanto), 3 edition, Paris, ISBN 2950243231, published 1987, page 640: “Pike agrabla por rigardi, plaĉaspekta: amindumi ~ulinojn, kia rava kalvari'!”

Icelandic

Noun

linda f

1. indefinite genitive plural of lind

Noun

linda m

1. indefinite accusative singular of lindi
2. indefinite dative singular of lindi
3. indefinite genitive singular of lindi
4. indefinite accusative plural of lindi
5. indefinite genitive plural of lindi

Italian

Adjective

linda f sg

1. feminine singular of lindo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlĩ.dɐ/

Adjective

linda f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective lindo.

Noun

linda f (plural lindas)

1. feminine equivalent of lindo

Spanish

Etymology 1

Adjective

linda f sg

1. feminine singular of lindo

Etymology 2

Verb

linda

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of lindar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of lindar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of lindar.

Swahili

Verb

-linda ‎(infinitive kulinda)

1. to guard

Swedish

Pronunciation

Verb

linda ‎(present lindar, preterite lindade, supine lindat, imperative linda)

1. to wind; to turn coils around something

Conjugation