Given name & surname
Linell
“a man of the lake”
Linell is a variant of Lynn. One English interpretation is “a man of the lake.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Linell is a variant of Lynn. One English interpretation is “a man of the lake.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Linell is a variant of Lynn. An origin associated with Lynn is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Linell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 452
- 159 boys · 293 girls
- Most popular year
- 1952
- 50 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 boys is 5 in 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1952. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 487 as a first name in 2020; 123 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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