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What does Linnea mean?
Linnea 
as a girls' name is pronounced le-NEE-ah, le-NAY. It is of Scandinavian origin, and the meaning of Linnea 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 in reference to a small blue flower. Literary: there is a character named Linnea in a popular series of children's books by Christian Bjork.
ASSOCIATED WITH scandinavian, small (little), pink (red), mountain, flower, blue
Variations
VARIANTS Lenae, Linea, Linna, Linnae, Linnaea, Lynae, Lynea, Lynnae, Lynnea
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Linnea Elani (L.E.), ..
How popular is Linnea?
Linnea is a very prominent first name for females (#1625 out of 4276, Top 38%) but an unusual surname for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Linnea entered the list in 1900-1909 and reached its highest rank of #892 in the U.S. in the 1940s, and is at #1430 currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
The only other prominent variation form of Linnea (#1430 VIA LATEST LIST) ranked in the Top 2000 is Linna. These forms of Linnea reached the height of their popularity 3 years ago (USAGE OF 0.01%) and have remained as popular to this day (USAGE 0.01%, ▼9%).
Similar Names
Linnea is alike in pronunciation to Laina, Lainey▲, Lana▲, Lanae, Lanie, Lannah, Lannie, Lanny, Layney, Leena▲, Leiana, Leina, Lena▼, Lenya, Leona▼, Leyna, Lianna▲, Lina, Linah, Lona▼, Lonni, Lonnie, Luana, Luanna and Lyna. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Ginna, Ginnee, Hinna, Jinna, Jinnea, Jinnee, Jinnet, Kinna, Laine, Lane, Layne, Leanne▼, Leianne, Lene, Leone▼, Liahne, Liane, Liann, Lianne, Lin, Linda▼, Lindee, Linden, Lindey, Lindka, Lindsea, Linet, Linn, Linnell, Linnet, Linsey▼, Linzee, Litsea, Litzea (see Liza), Luane, Luanne▼, Lunneta, Lynn▼, Lynnda, Lynne▼, Lynnet, Minna▼, Minne, Minnee, Winne, Zinnia and Zinnya. These names tend to be less frequently used than Linnea.
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