Given name & surname
Linet
“a beautiful maiden; resembling a songbird”
Linet is a variant of Lynette. One Welsh interpretation is “a beautiful maiden; resembling a songbird.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Linet is a variant of Lynette. One Welsh interpretation is “a beautiful maiden; resembling a songbird.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Linet is a variant of Lynette. A possible origin is Celtic, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Linet through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 74
- 0 boys · 74 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 9 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 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 580 as a first name in 2020; 101 as a surname in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Linet’s family of names
Linet has a related form in Lynette. In Greek usage, Linet as a surname is a transliteration of Λίνετ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Linet
- Linet MasaiKenyan long-distance runnerborn 1989
- Linet KwambokaKenyan co-founder and marketing manager at M-Farmborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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