Lin Forename
47th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 6,866,610 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
Myanmar
Lin Forename Definition:
A diminutive of Lionel.
Lin Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | - | 6,264,474 | 1:218 | 14 |
| Myanmar | - | 424,489 | 1:122 | 34 |
| Hong Kong | - | 48,635 | 1:159 | 32 |
| United States | 70% | 23,514 | 1:15,418 | 1,400 |
| Singapore | 60% | 20,100 | 1:313 | 25 |
| Cambodia | 54% | 15,950 | 1:1,020 | 232 |
| Malaysia | 65% | 9,612 | 1:3,168 | 332 |
| Indonesia | 95% | 8,262 | 1:31,223 | 4,186 |
| Thailand | 51% | 6,880 | 1:10,184 | 1,652 |
| Vietnam | 53% | 6,664 | 1:13,899 | 472 |
| Canada | 100% | 5,233 | 1:6,332 | 905 |
| Taiwan | 51% | 4,575 | 1:5,196 | 928 |
| England | 86% | 2,794 | 1:19,901 | 1,268 |
| Macau | - | 2,340 | 1:260 | 63 |
| Egypt | 100% | 2,017 | 1:45,563 | 2,682 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 1,850 | 1:4,407 | 474 |
| Australia | - | 1,688 | 1:8,091 | 843 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,653 | 1:129,604 | 6,616 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,526 | 1:6,836 | 910 |
| South Korea | 95% | 1,204 | 1:4,605 | 797 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,000 | 1:4,536 | 656 |
| India | 68% | 982 | 1:1,237,147 | 75,545 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 808 | 1:20,918 | 1,982 |
| Ecuador | - | 615 | 1:28,824 | 1,389 |
| Cameroon | 97% | 568 | 1:38,047 | 2,709 |
| Norway | 100% | 550 | 1:9,332 | 846 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 525 | 1:58,691 | 6,867 |
| Gabon | 100% | 521 | 1:3,615 | 786 |
| France | 67% | 512 | 1:129,825 | 2,539 |
| Russia | 64% | 465 | 1:310,180 | 3,987 |
| Spain | 63% | 432 | 1:107,708 | 3,007 |
| Brunei | - | 414 | 1:1,013 | 95 |
| Germany | 95% | 388 | 1:249,170 | 3,522 |
| Philippines | 63% | 324 | 1:327,190 | 12,467 |
| Peru | 70% | 316 | 1:100,606 | 3,605 |
| Mauritius | - | 282 | 1:4,602 | 749 |
| Sweden | 84% | 277 | 1:35,588 | 2,088 |
| Ireland | 100% | 267 | 1:17,391 | 942 |
| Poland | 68% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| South Africa | 82% | 220 | 1:247,876 | 14,944 |
| Japan | - | 209 | 1:612,373 | 12,132 |
| Mexico | 81% | 198 | 1:626,992 | 6,341 |
| Slovenia | 77% | 184 | 1:13,363 | 1,042 |
| Belgium | 100% | 182 | 1:63,132 | 2,755 |
| Albania | 99% | 181 | 1:16,832 | 2,281 |
| Suriname | - | 165 | 1:3,350 | 773 |
| Venezuela | 97% | 153 | 1:197,398 | 7,246 |
| DR Congo | 95% | 151 | 1:488,925 | 17,342 |
| Denmark | - | 148 | 1:38,172 | 1,635 |
| Pakistan | - | 122 | 1:1,593,096 | 23,608 |
| Scotland | 85% | 117 | 1:45,730 | 1,505 |
| Congo | 100% | 99 | 1:50,598 | 3,820 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 89 | 1:119,117 | 2,758 |
| Colombia | 50% | 87 | 1:549,183 | 8,166 |
| Chile | 54% | 78 | 1:225,733 | 3,918 |
| Qatar | 66% | 77 | 1:30,774 | 4,184 |
| Benin | 100% | 75 | 1:141,011 | 7,652 |
| Greece | 100% | 75 | 1:145,794 | 3,392 |
| Argentina | 53% | 57 | 1:750,408 | 4,494 |
| Hungary | 100% | 57 | 1:171,785 | 967 |
| Austria | 100% | 54 | 1:157,670 | 2,668 |
| Wales | 66% | 51 | 1:60,673 | 1,926 |
| Switzerland | 97% | 45 | 1:182,522 | 4,432 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 40 | 1:459,487 | 16,070 |
| Guam | - | 38 | 1:4,228 | 780 |
| Italy | 77% | 37 | 1:1,650,327 | 12,248 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 37 | 1:193,297 | 12,866 |
| Finland | 57% | 36 | 1:152,311 | 2,948 |
| Panama | 100% | 36 | 1:108,515 | 5,216 |
| Jamaica | - | 33 | 1:87,371 | 3,958 |
| Belarus | 75% | 32 | 1:296,324 | 2,238 |
| Kazakhstan | 67% | 32 | 1:554,589 | 7,795 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| American Samoa | - | 26 | 1:2,148 | 357 |
| Costa Rica | 50% | 26 | 1:183,383 | 4,417 |
| Ivory Coast | 93% | 25 | 1:923,037 | 28,068 |
| Paraguay | 55% | 22 | 1:328,946 | 4,098 |
| Honduras | 100% | 17 | 1:518,675 | 7,750 |
| Laos | - | 16 | 1:411,678 | 310 |
| Nicaragua | 83% | 13 | 1:462,949 | 8,230 |
| Zimbabwe | 75% | 13 | 1:1,186,447 | 39,196 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 12 | 1:153,596 | 1,669 |
| Nigeria | 58% | 12 | 1:14,797,030 | 147,379 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 11 | 1:2,965,774 | 21,963 |
| Estonia | 100% | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Bermuda | - | 9 | 1:7,203 | 999 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 9 | 1:151,269 | 9,102 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Turkey | 100% | 9 | 1:8,644,634 | 30,028 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Liberia | 67% | 7 | 1:630,294 | 15,835 |
| Oman | - | 7 | 1:586,952 | 5,255 |
| Czechia | 89% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| El Salvador | - | 6 | 1:1,056,964 | 6,645 |
| Kenya | - | 6 | 1:7,717,852 | 32,954 |
| Jersey | - | 5 | 1:19,996 | 1,220 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Guyana | - | 4 | 1:190,816 | 11,826 |
| Israel | - | 4 | 1:2,100,730 | 20,870 |
| Lebanon | - | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Saint Lucia | 75% | 4 | 1:44,454 | 3,465 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 4 | 1:27,437 | 2,836 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Senegal | 100% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Tanzania | - | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Uganda | 100% | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 50% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Isle of Man | 50% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Latvia | 75% | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Lín (3) are calculated separately.
Lin (18,909,435) may also be a surname.
Lin Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A diminutive of Lionel.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Lin is a given name of the Ngoni tribe, meaning: voice.
— The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama
Lin Forename Popularity
Lin Demographics
Lin Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 21 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lín | 89 | 3 | / |
| Ling | 86 | 4,968,957 | / |
| Lina | 86 | 1,153,366 | / |
| Lien | 86 | 190,212 | / |
| Linn | 86 | 46,235 | / |
| Lion | 86 | 17,806 | / |
| Lind | 86 | 2,145 | / |
| Luin | 86 | 658 | / |
| Linë | 86 | 362 | / |
| Glin | 86 | 361 | / |
| Lihn | 86 | 279 | / |
| Lint | 86 | 123 | / |
| Hlin | 86 | 113 | / |
| Llin | 86 | 83 | / |
| Lhin | 86 | 52 | / |
| Lijn | 86 | 36 | / |
| Lisn | 86 | 27 | / |
| Limn | 86 | 17 | / |
| Linq | 86 | 12 | / |
| Liën | 86 | 1 | / |
| Linø | 86 | 1 | / |
| Liễn | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lgin | 86 | 1 | / |
| Li'n | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ln | 80 | 1,775 | / |
| Liuen | 75 | 3,612 | / |
| Linqu | 75 | 1,082 | / |
| Linne | 75 | 1,002 | / |
| Lionė | 75 | 891 | / |
| Lindh | 75 | 711 | / |
| Llina | 75 | 392 | / |
| Llion | 75 | 252 | / |
| Glien | 75 | 147 | / |
| Glinn | 75 | 100 | / |
| Lihng | 75 | 33 | / |
| Lindt | 75 | 30 | / |
| Hling | 75 | 28 | / |
| Limne | 75 | 20 | / |
| Lling | 75 | 17 | / |
| Lienn | 75 | 14 | / |
| Lionn | 75 | 13 | / |
| Liehn | 75 | 13 | / |
| Linng | 75 | 12 | / |
| Lingg | 75 | 11 | / |
| Lingh | 75 | 10 | / |
| Lindd | 75 | 9 | / |
| Llien | 75 | 8 | / |
| Lindë | 75 | 6 | / |
| Linnh | 75 | 5 | / |
| Lintt | 75 | 3 | / |
| Lihnn | 75 | 3 | / |
| Lhinn | 75 | 3 | / |
| Liaen | 75 | 2 | / |
| Linzs | 75 | 2 | / |
| Llinn | 75 | 2 | / |
| Llint | 75 | 2 | / |
| Llinc | 75 | 2 | / |
| Gliin | 75 | 2 | / |
| Linnd | 75 | 2 | / |
| Glinh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gliyn | 75 | 1 | / |
| D'lin | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hlien | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hlimn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hllin | 75 | 1 | / |
| Linzz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Liohn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Linkq | 75 | 1 | / |
| Linnn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lijng | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lisng | 75 | 1 | / |
| Luinn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hlion | 75 | 1 | / |
| Liuin | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lingq | 75 | 1 | / |
| Liuun | 75 | 1 | / |
| Llink | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lisnc | 75 | 1 | / |
| Linkë | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lionë | 75 | 1 | / |
| L-Ain | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lim | 67 | 127,227 | / |
| Lyn | 67 | 117,220 | / |
| Len | 67 | 100,135 | / |
| Lng | 67 | 2,908 | / |
| Lingqu | 67 | 1,090 | / |
| Lnh | 67 | 472 | / |
| Lingue | 67 | 304 | / |
| Linque | 67 | 101 | / |
| Lln | 67 | 52 | / |
| Lne | 67 | 41 | / |
| Lnt | 67 | 40 | / |
| Lhn | 67 | 24 | / |
| Hln | 67 | 15 | / |
| Geelin | 67 | 14 | / |
| Lnq | 67 | 11 | / |
| Lingne | 67 | 10 | / |
| Linnhe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Lnd | 67 | 10 | / |
| Linova | 67 | 7 | / |
| Lnn | 67 | 5 | / |
| Glienn | 67 | 4 | / |
| Glilyn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Liënne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Glilnn | 67 | 1 | / |
| D'lina | 67 | 1 | / |
| D'linn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lån | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lén | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lên | 67 | 1 | / |
| Llionn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lindëd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Linkkh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Linowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lisnne | 67 | 1 | / |
| D'Lien | 67 | 1 | / |
| Linn'd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lllion | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wlineo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liyiin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liyuin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lindtë | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ly-Yin | 67 | 1 | / |
Lin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lin in the Russian language | ||
| Лин | lin | - |
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Footnotes
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lin