Given name
Linetta
“a beautiful maiden; resembling a songbird”
Linetta 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
Linetta 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
Linetta 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 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Linetta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 114
- 0 boys · 114 girls
- Most popular year
- 1955
- 10 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 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 174 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.
Linetta’s family of names
Linetta has a related form in Lynette.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Linetta
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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