Linnea

Colors Related to this Name: Yellow, Orange and Gold

Qualities Related to this Name: Born Leader, Determined

Popularity: This is a very popular name in the US. Ranking #1421 in 2013 and #1453 in 2014.

Meaning

In English

Meaning(s):

-( female name -comes from the Latin language-) of Swedish origin, occasionally used since the twentieth century.

In Swedish

Origin: A flower name coined in the eighteenth century, from Linnaea borealis, twinflower, named after the Swedish botanist Carl von Linné( 1707-1778). His original family name Linnaeus was a Latinization of Swedish Lind ‎(“linden tree”). First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1842 as Linnaea.

Meaning(s):

-( female name).

In Finnish

Meaning(s):

-( female name) borrowed from Swedish in the nineteenth century.

In Norwegian

Meaning(s):

-( female name) borrowed from Sweden in the nineteenth century.