Latinised short form ofGermanic compound names ending in-lind,-linde(“tender, soft”) (English-inda), such asSieglinde andDietlinde, and earlier names such asOld High GermanIrmilinda andOld DutchFrithelind, fromProto-Germanic*linþaz(“gentle, mild”), whence alsoOld Englishlīþe(“gentle, mild, pliable, limber”) (Englishlithe). Later misassociated with unrelatedSpanishlinda(“beautiful”). The name became known through 19th century literature and the operaLinda di Chamounix (1842). More atlithe.
The coordination language is named afterLinda Lovelace, a reference to the programming languageAda, itself named afterAda Lovelace.
Linda
Variant ofLinde.
Linda (pluralLindas)
Derogatory use named after the character Linda, popularized by vlogger PapaVince Davao.
Linda
Linda
For quotations using this term, seeCitations:Linda.
Linda f
Linda
Linda f
TheGermanic name Linda was already known in Estonia when Fr.R.Kreutzwald chose it in hisKalevipoeg (1861), based on the assumption that the place nameLindanise (Tallinn) would derive from the given name Linda. Byfolk etymology associated with Estonianlind(“bird”) andlendama(“to fly”).
Linda
Linda
Matronymics
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | |
| nominative | Linda |
| accusative | Lindu |
| dative | Lindu |
| genitive | Lindu |
OfGermanic origin, cognate withEnglishLinda. First recorded in Finland in 1833.
Linda
| Inflection ofLinda (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||
Linda f
Originates as a short form of names such asDietlinde andSieglinde. Secondarily augmented bySpanishlinda andPortugueselinda(“beautiful, pretty”).
Linda
OfGermanic origin, compareEnglishLinda.
Linda
| 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 |
| 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 |
Linda f (proper noun,genitive singularLindu)
| indefinite singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Linda |
| accusative | Lindu |
| dative | Lindu |
| genitive | Lindu |
First recorded as a given name of Latvians at the end of the 19th century. FromEstonianLinda, and also ofGermanic origin.
Linda f
OfGermanic origin, cognate withEnglishLinda. First recorded in Norway in the 19th century.
Linda
Linda f (genitivesingularLindy,nominativepluralLindy,declension pattern ofžena)
OfGermanic origin, cognate withEnglishLinda. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1833.
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