Given name & surname · also Old English
Linton
“from the flax town”
Linton is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the flax town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the flax town.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1883. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Linton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,360
- 2,360 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 50 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −78%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 50 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,447 as a first name in 2020; 13,801 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.
Linton’s family of names
Linton has a related form in Lynton. Linton has a related form in Lynton. Linton has a related form in Lintun.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Linton
- Linton Kwesi JohnsonJamaican dub poetborn 1952
- Linton HopeBritish Olympic sailor (1863–1920)
- Linton JohnsonAmerican basketball player (born 1980)
- Linton TownesAmerican basketball player (born 1959)
- Linton GarnerAmerican musician (1915–2003)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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>99% boys
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>99% boys