Given name & surname
Lindberg
“from the linden tree hill”
Lindberg is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “from the linden tree hill.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “from the linden tree hill.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1926. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lindberg through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 231
- 231 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 1964. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 41 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 136 as a first name in 2020; 9,530 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lindberg’s family of names
Lindberg has a related form in Lindy. Lindberg has a related form in Lindi. Lindberg has a related form in Lindie.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Lindyvariant
- Lindievariant
- Lindeevariant
- Lindivariant
- Lindeyvariant
- Lindburghvariant
- Lindburgvariant
- Lindberghvariant · Icelandic
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