Given name
Erlinda
“an angelic woman”
Erlinda is a variant of Erlind. One Hebrew interpretation is “an angelic woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Erlinda is a variant of Erlind. One Hebrew interpretation is “an angelic woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Erlinda is a variant of Erlind. An origin associated with Erlind is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Erlinda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,656
- 0 boys · 4,656 girls
- Most popular year
- 1949
- 171 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 10 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 171 in 1949. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 10,160 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Erlinda’s family of names
Erlinda has a related form in Erlind.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Milaequivalent
- Lindaequivalent
- Lyndaequivalent
- Ludmilaequivalent
- Mirlindaequivalent
- Merlindaequivalent
- Ludmillaequivalent
- Lyudmilaequivalent
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People named Erlinda
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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