Linda
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (female given name): Lynda
Etymology 1 edit
Latinised short form of Germanic compound names ending in -lind, -linde (“tender, soft”) (English -inda), such as Sieglinde and Dietlinde, and earlier names such as Old High German Irmilinda and Old Dutch Frithelind, from Proto-Germanic *linþaz (“gentle, mild”), whence also Old English līþe (“gentle, mild, pliable, limber”) (English lithe). Later misassociated with unrelated Spanish linda (“beautiful”). The name became known through 19th century literature and the opera Linda di Chamounix (1842). More at lithe.
The coordination language is named after Linda Lovelace, a reference to the programming language Ada, itself named after Ada Lovelace.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Linda
- A female given name from the Germanic languages.
- 1752, Countess D'Aulnoi, Thomas Parnell, The Court of Queen Mab. Tales of Fairies, London: M.Cooper, MDCCLII, page 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.
- A census-designated place in Yuba County, California, United States.
- (computer languages) A coordination language for parallel computing environments.
- 2012, Evan Tick, Giancarlo Succi, editors, Implementations of Logic Programming Systems, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 43:
- 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 edit
- Linda was the most popular name for women born in the U.S. 1947–1952.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
Etymology 2 edit
Variant of Linde.
Proper noun edit
Linda (plural Lindas)
- A surname from German.
Statistics edit
- 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 edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Linda”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 439.
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Derogatory use named after the character Linda, popularized by vlogger PapaVince Davao.
Proper noun edit
Linda
- a female given name
Noun edit
Linda
- (derogatory) a Karen; any person, especially female, exhibiting an exaggerated sense of entitlement
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Linda.
Anagrams edit
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Linda f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Linda
Declension edit
Danish edit
Proper noun edit
Linda
- a female given name of Germanic origin
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Linda f
- a female given name
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
The Germanic 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 lind (“bird”) and lendama (“to fly”).
Proper noun edit
Linda
- The mother of Kalevipoeg in the Estonian national epic.
- a female given name
Usage notes edit
- Popular in the beginning of the 20th century.
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Faroese edit
Proper noun edit
Linda
- a female given name
Usage notes edit
Matronymics
- son of Linda: Linduson
- daughter of Linda: Lindudóttir
Declension edit
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Linda |
Accusative | Lindu |
Dative | Lindu |
Genitive | Lindu |
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Of Germanic origin, cognate with English Linda. First recorded in Finland in 1833.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Linda
- a female given name
Declension edit
Inflection of Linda (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Linda | Lindat | ||
genitive | Lindan | Lindojen | ||
partitive | Lindaa | Lindoja | ||
illative | Lindaan | Lindoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Linda | Lindat | ||
accusative | nom. | Linda | Lindat | |
gen. | Lindan | |||
genitive | Lindan | Lindojen Lindainrare | ||
partitive | Lindaa | Lindoja | ||
inessive | Lindassa | Lindoissa | ||
elative | Lindasta | Lindoista | ||
illative | Lindaan | Lindoihin | ||
adessive | Lindalla | Lindoilla | ||
ablative | Lindalta | Lindoilta | ||
allative | Lindalle | Lindoille | ||
essive | Lindana | Lindoina | ||
translative | Lindaksi | Lindoiksi | ||
abessive | Lindatta | Lindoitta | ||
instructive | — | Lindoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Linda is the 119th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 6,385 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,497 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Linda f
- a female given name of Germanic origin
German edit
Etymology edit
Originates as a short form of names such as Dietlinde and Sieglinde. Secondarily augmented by Spanish linda and Portuguese linda (“beautiful, pretty”).
Proper noun edit
Linda
- a female given name from the Germanic languages
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Of Germanic origin, compare English Linda.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Linda
- a female given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Linda
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Linda | Lindák |
accusative | Lindát | Lindákat |
dative | Lindának | Lindáknak |
instrumental | Lindával | Lindákkal |
causal-final | Lindáért | Lindákért |
translative | Lindává | Lindákká |
terminative | Lindáig | Lindákig |
essive-formal | Lindaként | Lindákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Lindában | Lindákban |
superessive | Lindán | Lindákon |
adessive | Lindánál | Lindáknál |
illative | Lindába | Lindákba |
sublative | Lindára | Lindákra |
allative | Lindához | Lindákhoz |
elative | Lindából | Lindákból |
delative | Lindáról | Lindákról |
ablative | Lindától | Lindáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Lindáé | Lindáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Lindáéi | Lindákéi |
Possessive forms of Linda | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Lindám | Lindáim |
2nd person sing. | Lindád | Lindáid |
3rd person sing. | Lindája | Lindái |
1st person plural | Lindánk | Lindáink |
2nd person plural | Lindátok | Lindáitok |
3rd person plural | Lindájuk | Lindáik |
Derived terms edit
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɪnta
Proper noun edit
Linda f
- a female given name
Declension edit
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
First recorded as a given name of Latvians at the end of the 19th century. From Estonian Linda, and also of Germanic origin.
Proper noun edit
Linda f
- a female given name
References edit
Norwegian edit
Etymology edit
Of Germanic origin, cognate with English Linda. First recorded in Norway in the 19th century.
Proper noun edit
Linda
- a female given name
References edit
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Linda f (genitive singular Lindy, nominative plural Lindy, declension pattern of žena)
- a female given name
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Linda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Of Germanic origin, cognate with English Linda. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1833.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Linda c (genitive Lindas)
- a female given name
References edit
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 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.