# Linda
## English
### Alternative forms

* (female given name): Lynda

### Etymology 1

Latinised short form of Germanic compound names ending in -lind, -linde (“tender, soft”) (English -inda), such as Sieglinde and Dietlinde, and earlier names such as Old High German Irmilinda and Old Dutch Frithelind, from Proto-Germanic *linþaz (“gentle, mild”), whence also Old English līþe (“gentle, mild, pliable, limber”) (English lithe). Later misassociated with unrelated Spanish linda (“beautiful”). The name became known through 19th century literature and the opera Linda di Chamounix (1842). More at lithe.
The coordination language is named after Linda Lovelace, a reference to the programming language Ada, itself named after Ada Lovelace.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɪndə/
* Rhymes: -ɪndə

#### Proper noun

Linda
* A female given name from the Germanic languages.
** 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.
* A census-designated place in Yuba County, California, United States.
* (computer languages) A coordination language for parallel computing environments.
** 2012, Evan Tick, Giancarlo Succi, editors, Implementations of Logic Programming Systems, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 43:The aim of this paper is to analyse the concept of extending the parallel logic programming paradigm with Linda-like operations, thus facilitating distributed data storage, access and management.

##### 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

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Variant of Linde.

#### Proper noun

Linda (plural Lindas)
* A surname from German.

##### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Linda is the 38103rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 582 individuals. Linda is most common among White (77.32%) individuals.

### Further reading

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Linda”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 439.

### See also

* Linda Vista

### Anagrams

* Dilan, Ladin, Landi, Ndali, iland, nidal

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Derogatory use named after the character Linda, popularized by vlogger PapaVince Davao.

### Proper noun

Linda
* a female given name

### Noun

Linda
* (derogatory) a Karen; any person, especially female, exhibiting an exaggerated sense of entitlement

### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Linda.

### Anagrams

* Nilda

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɪnda]

### Proper noun

Linda f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Linda

#### Declension
## Danish
### Proper noun

Linda
* a female given name of Germanic origin

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɪn.daː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Lin‧da
* Rhymes: -ɪndaː

### Proper noun

Linda f
* a female given name

## Estonian
### Etymology

The Germanic name Linda was already known in Estonia when Fr.R.Kreutzwald chose it in 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
* The mother of Kalevipoeg in the Estonian national epic.
* a female given name

#### Usage notes

* Popular in the beginning of the 20th century.

#### Related terms

* Inna
* Lenna

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Linda
* 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: /ˈlindɑ/, [ˈlindɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -indɑ
* Hyphenation: Lin‧da

### Proper noun

Linda
* a female given name

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Linda (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Lindani
Lindani
accusative
nom.
Lindani
Lindani
gen.
Lindani
genitive
Lindani
Lindojeni Lindaini $^{rare}$
partitive
Lindaani
Lindojani
inessive
Lindassani
Lindoissani
elative
Lindastani
Lindoistani
illative
Lindaani
Lindoihini
adessive
Lindallani
Lindoillani
ablative
Lindaltani
Lindoiltani
allative
Lindalleni
Lindoilleni
essive
Lindanani
Lindoinani
translative
Lindakseni
Lindoikseni
abessive
Lindattani
Lindoittani
instructive
comitative
—Lindoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Lindasi
Lindasi
accusative
nom.
Lindasi
Lindasi
gen.
Lindasi
genitive
Lindasi
Lindojesi Lindaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
Lindaasi
Lindojasi
inessive
Lindassasi
Lindoissasi
elative
Lindastasi
Lindoistasi
illative
Lindaasi
Lindoihisi
adessive
Lindallasi
Lindoillasi
ablative
Lindaltasi
Lindoiltasi
allative
Lindallesi
Lindoillesi
essive
Lindanasi
Lindoinasi
translative
Lindaksesi
Lindoiksesi
abessive
Lindattasi
Lindoittasi
instructive
comitative
—Lindoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Lindamme
Lindamme
accusative
nom.
Lindamme
Lindamme
gen.
Lindamme
genitive
Lindamme
Lindojemme Lindaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
Lindaamme
Lindojamme
inessive
Lindassamme
Lindoissamme
elative
Lindastamme
Lindoistamme
illative
Lindaamme
Lindoihimme
adessive
Lindallamme
Lindoillamme
ablative
Lindaltamme
Lindoiltamme
allative
Lindallemme
Lindoillemme
essive
Lindanamme
Lindoinamme
translative
Lindaksemme
Lindoiksemme
abessive
Lindattamme
Lindoittamme
instructive
comitative
—Lindoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Lindanne
Lindanne
accusative
nom.
Lindanne
Lindanne
gen.
Lindanne
genitive
Lindanne
Lindojenne Lindainne $^{rare}$
partitive
Lindaanne
Lindojanne
inessive
Lindassanne
Lindoissanne
elative
Lindastanne
Lindoistanne
illative
Lindaanne
Lindoihinne
adessive
Lindallanne
Lindoillanne
ablative
Lindaltanne
Lindoiltanne
allative
Lindallenne
Lindoillenne
essive
Lindananne
Lindoinanne
translative
Lindaksenne
Lindoiksenne
abessive
Lindattanne
Lindoittanne
instructive
comitative
—Lindoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Lindansa
Lindansa
accusative
nom.
Lindansa
Lindansa
gen.
Lindansa
genitive
Lindansa
Lindojensa Lindainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
Lindaansa
Lindojaan Lindojansa
inessive
Lindassaan Lindassansa
Lindoissaan Lindoissansa
elative
Lindastaan Lindastansa
Lindoistaan Lindoistansa
illative
Lindaansa
Lindoihinsa
adessive
Lindallaan Lindallansa
Lindoillaan Lindoillansa
ablative
Lindaltaan Lindaltansa
Lindoiltaan Lindoiltansa
allative
Lindalleen Lindallensa
Lindoilleen Lindoillensa
essive
Lindanaan Lindanansa
Lindoinaan Lindoinansa
translative
Lindakseen Lindaksensa
Lindoikseen Lindoiksensa
abessive
Lindattaan Lindattansa
Lindoittaan Lindoittansa
instructive
comitative
—Lindoineen Lindoinensa :

#### Statistics

* Linda is the 119th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 6,385 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,497 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lin.da/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Linda f
* a female given name of Germanic origin

## German
### Etymology

Originates as a short form of names such as Dietlinde and Sieglinde. Secondarily augmented by Spanish linda and Portuguese linda (“beautiful, pretty”).

### Proper noun

Linda
* a female given name from the Germanic languages

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Of Germanic origin, compare English Linda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlindɒ]
* Hyphenation: Lin‧da
* Rhymes: -dɒ

### Proper noun

Linda
* a female given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Linda

#### Derived terms

* Lindácska, Lindus (diminutives)

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɪnta

### Proper noun

Linda f (proper noun, genitive singular Lindu)
* a female given name

#### Declension
## 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
* a female given name

### References

* Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
* 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
* a female given name

### References

* Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
* 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
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlinda/

### Proper noun

Linda f (genitive singular Lindy, nominative plural Lindy, declension pattern of žena)
* a female given name

#### Derived terms

* Lindička
* Linduška

### Further reading

* “Linda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Linda c (genitive Lindas)
* a female given name

### References

* Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
* Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 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.

### Anagrams

* i-land