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Linnea

Linnea

See also: Linnéa

English

Proper noun

Linnea

  1. A female given name of Swedish origin, occasionally used since the twentieth century.

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlinːeɑ]
  • Hyphenation: Lin‧ne‧a

Proper noun

Linnea

  1. A female given name borrowed from Swedish in the nineteenth century.

Declension

Inflection of Linnea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Linnea Linneat
genitive Linnean Linneoiden
Linneoitten
partitive Linneaa Linneoita
illative Linneaan Linneoihin
singular plural
nominative Linnea Linneat
accusative nom. Linnea Linneat
gen. Linnean
genitive Linnean Linneoiden
Linneoitten
Linneainrare
partitive Linneaa Linneoita
inessive Linneassa Linneoissa
elative Linneasta Linneoista
illative Linneaan Linneoihin
adessive Linnealla Linneoilla
ablative Linnealta Linneoilta
allative Linnealle Linneoille
essive Linneana Linneoina
translative Linneaksi Linneoiksi
instructive Linneoin
abessive Linneatta Linneoitta
comitative Linneoineen

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Linnea

  1. A female given name borrowed from Sweden in the nineteenth century.

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

A flower name coined in the eighteenth century, from Linnaea borealis, twinflower, named after the Swedish botanist Carl von Linné( 1707-1778). His original family name Linnaeus was a Latinization of Swedish Lind (linden tree). First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1842 as Linnaea.

Proper noun

Linnea

  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: 67 376 females with the given name Linnea (compared to 94 490 named Linnéa) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.