Given name & surname
Linne
“resembling the cascade of a waterfall”·“a man of the lake”
Linne is a variant of Linn. One Scottish interpretation is “resembling the cascade of a waterfall.” Linne is a variant of Lynn. One English interpretation is “a man of the lake.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Linne is a variant of Linn. One Scottish interpretation is “resembling the cascade of a waterfall.” Linne is a variant of Lynn. One English interpretation is “a man of the lake.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Linne is a variant of Linn. An origin associated with Linn is Scottish. Linne is a variant of Lynn. An origin associated with Lynn is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From German Linne, from Swedish Linné, from French Linné.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1958. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Linne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29
- 0 boys · 29 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 8 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 6 in 1964. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1959. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 181 as a first name in 2020; 727 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.
Linne’s family of names
Linne has a related form in Lynn. In English usage, Linne has a related form in Leana. Linne has a related form in Linn.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Linne has relatives in 4 languages.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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