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Linnie (girl)

What does Linnie mean?

Linnie Pronunciation of Linnie as a name for girls (also used as boys' name Linnie) has its root in Latin, and the name Linnie means "sweet". Linnie is an alternate form of Melinda (Latin).

STARTS/ENDS WITH Li-, -nie

ASSOCIATED WITH sweet (beautiful)

Variations

RELATIONS VIA MELINDA Linda, Lindy

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Linnie Emmy (L.E.), ..

How popular is Linnie?

Linnie is a very prominent first name for females (#1450 out of 4276, Top 34%) but an unusual last name for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Linnie was first listed in 1880-1889 and reached its highest rank of #234 in the U.S. then, but is not in the list currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Linnie name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Linnie outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Popular varying forms of Linnie are Linda (#726 VIA LATEST LIST), Melinda (#1783) and Lindy. Usage of these forms of Linnie reached its apex in the 1940s (MEDIAN #680) and has become significantly less since, with versions such as Linnie becoming somewhat outmoded.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Linnie, Linda, Lindy, Melinda in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Linda outside U.S.

Similar Names

Linnie is pronounced similarly to Lanae, Lanai, Lani, Lanna, Lannah, Lannie, Lanny, Leni, Lenna, Leoni, Leonie, Liana, Lianna, Liannah, Lina, Linnae, Linnea, Lonee, Lonie, Lonna, Lonni, Luannie, Lynae, Lynnae and Lynnea. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Annie, Bennie, Bonnie, Bunnie, Cinnie, Connie, Dennie, Dinnie, Donnie, Fannie, Gingie, Ginni, Jinni, Jinnie, Kinzie, Laine, Lane, Layne, Leianne, Lene, Leone, Liane, Liann, Lianne, Libbie, Lidie, Lilie, Lillie, Linsie, Linzee, Linzi, Livvie, Luane, Lundie, Lynzie, Minne, Minnee, Nannie, Pennie, Rennie, Sannie, Sidnie, Sonnie, Sunnie, Tinie, Vannie, Vinni, Vinnie, Winnie and Wynnie. These names tend to be less frequently used than Linnie.

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