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Linda
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linda lindá lindä
English
Alternative forms
female given name en Lynda
Etymology 1
Latinised short form of en gem compound names ending in de -lind, de -linde tender, soft (English en -inda), such as de Sieglinde and de Dietlinde, and earlier names such as goh Irmilinda and odt Frithelind, from en gem-pro *linþaz gentle, mild, whence also ang līþe gentle, mild, pliable, limber (en lithe). Later misassociated with unrelated es linda beautiful. The name became known through 19th century literature and the opera Linda di Chamounix (1842). More at en lithe.
The coordination language is en Linda Lovelace = 1, a reference to the programming language Ada, itself named after Ada Lovelace.
Pronunciation
en /ˈlɪndə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Linda.wav Southern England
en ɪndə 2
Proper noun
en female Germanic languages.
en 1752 Countess D'Aulnoi; Thomas Parnell The Court of Queen Mab. Tales of Fairies London M.Cooper, MDCCLII 328 The Orange-Tree stood in a Wood which belong'd to a Princess, who liv'd in a magnificent Palace not far off, and us'd to walk there. This Princess was young, beautiful and witty, and her Name Linda.
1946 Jack Lawrence: Linda ( a popular song ) :
When I go to sleep / I never count sheep / I count all the charms about Linda.
en CDP co/Yuba County s/California c/US.
en programming language A coordination programming language for parallel computing environments.
en 2012 Evan Tick; Giancarlo Succi Implementations of Logic Programming Systems Springer Science & Business Media 9781461526902 43 https://books.google.com/books?id=3jr2BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA43&dq=%22Linda%22+parallel&hl=&cd=16&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Linda%22%20parallel&f=false The aim of this paper is to analyse the concept of extending the parallel logic programming paradigm with Linda-like operations, thus facilitating distributed data storage, access and management.
Usage notes
Linda was the most popular name for women born in the U.S. 1947–1952.
Derived terms
en Lindie, en Lindy, en Lyn pet forms
Related terms
en -inda lind linden lithe
Translations
female given name
Bulgarian: bg Ли́нда f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 琳達 Líndá
Greek: el Λίντα
Russian: ru Ли́нда f
Spanish: es Linda f
Etymology 2
Variant of en Linde.
Proper noun
s
en German.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Linda is the 38103rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 582 individuals. Linda is most common among White (77.32%) individuals.
Further reading
See also
en Linda Vista
Anagrams
en adiln Dilan Ladin Landi Ndali iland nidal
Cebuano
Etymology
Derogatory use named after the character Linda, popularized by vlogger PapaVince Davao.
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb female
Noun
ceb noun
ceb derogatory a Karen; any person, especially female, exhibiting an exaggerated sense of entitlement
Quotations
ceb
Anagrams
ceb adiln Nilda
Czech
cs:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
cs female Linda
Declension
f
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female of da gem origin
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl /ˈlɪn.daː/
nl Nl-Linda.ogg
nl Lin da
nl ɪndaː
Proper noun
f
nl female
Estonian
Etymology
The et gem name Linda was already known in Estonia when Fr.R.Kreutzwald chose it in his Kalevipoeg (1861), based on the assumption that the place name Lindanise (Tallinn) would derive from the given name Linda. By folk etymology associated with Estonian et lind bird and et lendama to fly.
Proper noun
et proper noun
The mother of Kalevipoeg in the Estonian national epic.
et female
Usage notes
Popular in the beginning of the 20th century.
Related terms
et Inna
et Lenna
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun
fo female
Usage notes
f Linduson Lindudóttir
Declension
Linda Lindu Lindu Lindu
Finnish
Etymology
From a Latinate form of Germanic names ending in und -linda (e.g. fi goh Thiotlinde), perhaps inspired by the opera Linda di Chamounix by Gaetano Donizetti.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female
Declension
Lind a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 6436 1536 119
References
French
Pronunciation
Lineda
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Linda.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
Proper noun
f
fr female of fr gem origin
German
Etymology
Originates as a short form of names such as de Dietlinde and de Sieglinde. Secondarily augmented by es linda and pt linda beautiful, pretty.
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female Germanic languages
Hungarian
hu:+ (keresztnév)
Etymology
Of hu gem origin, compare en Linda.
Pronunciation
hu Lin da
hu dɒ
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu female Germanic languages Linda
Declension
Lindá oLindá
Derived terms
hu Lindácska, hu Lindus diminutives
Icelandic
Pronunciation
is ɪnta 2
Proper noun
@@
is female
Declension
f
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians at the end of the 19th century. From lv et Linda, and also of lv gem origin.
Proper noun
lv proper noun f
lv female
References
Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, 5-7966-0278-0
Population Register of Latvia: Linda was the only given name of 7434 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Norwegian
Etymology
Of no gem - origin, cognate with en Linda. First recorded in Norway in the 19th century.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female
References
Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7
Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 15 064 females with the given name Linda living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f Lindička,Linduška
sk female
Declension
f
Further reading
Swedish
Etymology
Of sv gem origin, cognate with en Linda. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1833.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Linda.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 51 300 females with the given name Linda living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Anagrams
sv adiln i-land