Given name

Linly

“from the flax field”

Linly is a variant of Linley. One English interpretation is “from the flax field.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Linly is a variant of Linley. One English interpretation is “from the flax field.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Linly is a variant of Linley. An origin associated with Linley is English.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Linly through the years

Babies since 1880
5
0 boys · 5 girls
Most popular year
1992
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012320002025Highest share 19920.0
Linly in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1992–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Linly’s family of names

Linly has a related form in Linley.

Walk Linly’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Sibling ideas

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