Linnea - Name Meaning and Origin

The girl's name Linnea \l(in)-nea\ is pronounced le-NEE-ah, le-NAY. It is of Scandinavian origin, and its meaning is "lime or linden tree". Also the name of a small pink mountain flower that was named after the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, inventor of the universally recognized system of classifying plants and animals. Swedish girls are given this name with a small blue flower in mind. Literary: there is a character named Linnea in a popular series of children's books by Christian Bjork.

Linnea has 9 variant forms: Lenae, Linea, Linna, Linnae, Linnaea, Lynae, Lynea, Lynnae and Lynnea.

Baby names that sound like Linnea are Lina, Lianna, Liana, Lanna, Lianne, Lenna, Liane, Lynne, Linn, Lonna, Lynna and Linnie.

Linnea is a popular female first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Linnea. Click here to compare Linnea with related baby names.