Linda Forename
91st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 4,058,142 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Micronesia
Linda Forename Definition:
A female name. this is a German name, not used in England until the end of the 19th C. It is Old German Lindi or Linda, one of the commonest elements in Old German female names.
Linda Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 2,168,001 | 1:167 | 10 |
| England | 100% | 255,577 | 1:218 | 34 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 208,450 | 1:1,238 | 90 |
| Canada | 100% | 152,880 | 1:217 | 12 |
| Ghana | 100% | 110,405 | 1:244 | 38 |
| South Africa | 75% | 87,098 | 1:626 | 45 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 74,945 | 1:226 | 18 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 68,192 | 1:2,604 | 472 |
| Malawi | 100% | 60,474 | 1:283 | 48 |
| Philippines | 99% | 52,476 | 1:2,020 | 412 |
| Sweden | 100% | 49,728 | 1:198 | 32 |
| Kenya | 100% | 37,019 | 1:1,251 | 245 |
| Australia | - | 36,037 | 1:379 | 75 |
| Scotland | 100% | 33,070 | 1:162 | 28 |
| Belgium | 100% | 29,405 | 1:391 | 77 |
| Algeria | 100% | 29,002 | 1:1,316 | 243 |
| Germany | 100% | 28,362 | 1:3,409 | 429 |
| Mexico | 100% | 26,883 | 1:4,618 | 548 |
| France | 100% | 23,261 | 1:2,858 | 320 |
| Sudan | 99% | 21,616 | 1:1,749 | 322 |
| Norway | 100% | 19,077 | 1:269 | 54 |
| Mozambique | - | 17,760 | 1:1,534 | 350 |
| Angola | 100% | 16,870 | 1:1,598 | 324 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 16,117 | 1:506 | 53 |
| Thailand | 100% | 15,510 | 1:4,517 | 777 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 15,309 | 1:3,448 | 611 |
| Italy | 100% | 15,061 | 1:4,054 | 419 |
| Zambia | - | 14,721 | 1:1,077 | 238 |
| New Zealand | - | 14,278 | 1:318 | 48 |
| Wales | 100% | 13,814 | 1:224 | 36 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 13,053 | 1:1,656 | 334 |
| Denmark | - | 12,779 | 1:442 | 112 |
| Brazil | 100% | 12,121 | 1:17,675 | 1,690 |
| Haiti | 100% | 12,001 | 1:894 | 125 |
| Ireland | 100% | 11,872 | 1:391 | 83 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 10,520 | 1:175 | 28 |
| Egypt | 97% | 9,196 | 1:9,994 | 939 |
| Peru | 100% | 8,892 | 1:3,575 | 592 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 8,651 | 1:1,783 | 328 |
| Czechia | 100% | 8,555 | 1:1,246 | 182 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 8,432 | 1:3,582 | 509 |
| Liberia | 99% | 8,321 | 1:530 | 105 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 8,093 | 1:3,763 | 401 |
| DR Congo | 97% | 7,888 | 1:9,359 | 978 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 7,255 | 1:3,257 | 735 |
| Colombia | 100% | 6,866 | 1:6,959 | 716 |
| Ecuador | - | 6,476 | 1:2,737 | 402 |
| China | - | 6,424 | 1:212,649 | 17,467 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 6,359 | 1:885 | 186 |
| India | 100% | 6,050 | 1:200,806 | 20,830 |
| Burundi | 100% | 5,793 | 1:1,710 | 517 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 5,770 | 1:5,340 | 845 |
| Russia | 99% | 5,763 | 1:25,028 | 617 |
| Rwanda | - | 5,559 | 1:2,046 | 442 |
| Namibia | - | 5,067 | 1:474 | 81 |
| Cambodia | 90% | 4,868 | 1:3,343 | 623 |
| Swaziland | - | 4,639 | 1:280 | 34 |
| Uganda | 99% | 4,448 | 1:9,208 | 949 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 4,399 | 1:36,249 | 3,455 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4,372 | 1:1,621 | 330 |
| Finland | 100% | 4,280 | 1:1,281 | 271 |
| Morocco | 100% | 3,876 | 1:8,862 | 752 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 3,748 | 1:4,298 | 568 |
| Hungary | 100% | 3,678 | 1:2,662 | 203 |
| Honduras | 100% | 3,528 | 1:2,499 | 413 |
| Jamaica | - | 3,501 | 1:824 | 213 |
| Poland | 99% | 3,440 | 1:11,054 | 494 |
| Portugal | - | 3,339 | 1:3,118 | 301 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 3,316 | 1:2,477 | 458 |
| Gabon | 100% | 3,087 | 1:610 | 111 |
| Israel | 100% | 3,013 | 1:2,789 | 535 |
| Jordan | 100% | 2,803 | 1:3,149 | 474 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,644 | 1:3,945 | 601 |
| Chile | 100% | 2,579 | 1:6,827 | 617 |
| Latvia | 100% | 2,425 | 1:831 | 187 |
| Micronesia | - | 2,381 | 1:45 | 3 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,322 | 1:20,039 | 1,182 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,218 | 1:9,377 | 1,424 |
| Iraq | 100% | 2,211 | 1:15,838 | 1,017 |
| Palestine | 100% | 2,154 | 1:2,112 | 419 |
| Estonia | 100% | 2,049 | 1:642 | 157 |
| Togo | - | 1,978 | 1:3,660 | 606 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1,965 | 1:49,649 | 4,746 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,959 | 1:1,994 | 400 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1,916 | 1:3,141 | 518 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,816 | 1:750 | 102 |
| Bahamas | - | 1,748 | 1:228 | 27 |
| Austria | 100% | 1,713 | 1:4,970 | 453 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1,524 | 1:28,066 | 1,090 |
| Iceland | 98% | 1,455 | 1:252 | 37 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1,428 | 1:4,403 | 739 |
| Gambia | - | 1,384 | 1:1,392 | 243 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1,378 | 1:190 | 19 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1,343 | 1:17,182 | 1,643 |
| El Salvador | - | 1,242 | 1:5,106 | 518 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1,155 | 1:1,124 | 177 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,116 | 1:521 | 103 |
| Qatar | 100% | 1,081 | 1:2,192 | 244 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 953 | 1:3,725 | 389 |
| Congo | 100% | 930 | 1:5,386 | 782 |
| Syria | - | 881 | 1:21,914 | 1,143 |
| Taiwan | 59% | 859 | 1:27,671 | 4,817 |
| Romania | 100% | 814 | 1:24,634 | 1,668 |
| Croatia | 100% | 794 | 1:5,311 | 573 |
| Hong Kong | - | 772 | 1:10,042 | 935 |
| Georgia | 98% | 742 | 1:5,038 | 581 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 739 | 1:7,185 | 370 |
| Barbados | - | 724 | 1:400 | 87 |
| French Polynesia | - | 676 | 1:411 | 68 |
| Turkey | 100% | 676 | 1:115,091 | 3,405 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 660 | 1:16,063 | 1,296 |
| Botswana | 100% | 628 | 1:3,478 | 615 |
| Fiji | - | 604 | 1:1,477 | 396 |
| Guyana | 100% | 577 | 1:1,323 | 224 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 563 | 1:1,002 | 207 |
| Greece | 100% | 534 | 1:20,477 | 1,010 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 491 | 1:173 | 57 |
| Guam | - | 485 | 1:331 | 38 |
| Djibouti | - | 478 | 1:1,916 | 302 |
| Kosovo | - | 469 | 1:3,969 | 771 |
| Jersey | 100% | 431 | 1:232 | 37 |
| Suriname | 100% | 428 | 1:1,292 | 275 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 417 | 1:263 | 16 |
| Bahrain | - | 400 | 1:3,372 | 538 |
| Kuwait | - | 389 | 1:9,731 | 1,171 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 376 | 1:12,681 | 1,073 |
| Belize | 100% | 367 | 1:965 | 191 |
| Bermuda | - | 344 | 1:188 | 15 |
| Japan | - | 343 | 1:373,137 | 9,588 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 343 | 1:788 | 183 |
| Oman | - | 343 | 1:11,979 | 1,321 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 340 | 1:2,562 | 368 |
| Kazakhstan | 97% | 340 | 1:52,197 | 2,088 |
| Yemen | - | 333 | 1:78,969 | 1,354 |
| Benin | 100% | 327 | 1:32,342 | 2,956 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 321 | 1:22,545 | 1,361 |
| Albania | 100% | 316 | 1:9,641 | 1,538 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 311 | 1:98,992 | 2,890 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 297 | 1:312 | 38 |
| Belarus | 97% | 266 | 1:35,648 | 513 |
| Senegal | 100% | 258 | 1:56,517 | 2,137 |
| Mali | 100% | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 210 | 1:847 | 127 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 204 | 1:12,053 | 998 |
| Aruba | - | 200 | 1:519 | 67 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 198 | 1:3,419 | 547 |
| Afghanistan | 93% | 183 | 1:178,271 | 4,770 |
| Bulgaria | 98% | 176 | 1:39,718 | 2,210 |
| Malta | - | 176 | 1:2,440 | 432 |
| Burkina Faso | 98% | 168 | 1:109,402 | 5,802 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 167 | 1:379 | 96 |
| Dominica | - | 166 | 1:455 | 107 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 163 | 1:376 | 38 |
| Brunei | 100% | 145 | 1:2,894 | 299 |
| Marshall Islands | 99% | 133 | 1:385 | 21 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 133 | 1:53,774 | 4,834 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 130 | 1:267 | 21 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 126 | 1:789 | 132 |
| Grenada | 100% | 126 | 1:858 | 155 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 124 | 1:27,642 | 1,297 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 122 | 1:448 | 68 |
| South Korea | - | 115 | 1:48,212 | 3,309 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 107 | 1:865,637 | 2,514 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 91 | 1:1,226 | 206 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 90 | 1:546 | 112 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 87 | 1:359 | 22 |
| Greenland | - | 82 | 1:687 | 161 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 80 | 1:73 | 6 |
| Cape Verde | - | 70 | 1:7,559 | 879 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 61 | 1:48,392 | 1,116 |
| Cuba | - | 59 | 1:195,026 | 2,832 |
| Gibraltar | - | 59 | 1:579 | 126 |
| American Samoa | - | 54 | 1:1,034 | 112 |
| Guinea | 100% | 54 | 1:219,605 | 2,587 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 52 | 1:1,055 | 233 |
| Lesotho | 69% | 51 | 1:40,000 | 4,400 |
| Myanmar | - | 49 | 1:1,060,169 | 627 |
| Serbia | 100% | 44 | 1:162,403 | 3,296 |
| Moldova | 100% | 43 | 1:82,817 | 1,139 |
| Armenia | 100% | 42 | 1:69,494 | 2,139 |
| Iran | - | 42 | 1:1,868,973 | 11,902 |
| Nepal | 100% | 39 | 1:730,445 | 18,097 |
| Abkhazia | 98% | 38 | 1:6,406 | 657 |
| Andorra | - | 34 | 1:2,438 | 285 |
| Monaco | 100% | 34 | 1:1,131 | 236 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 27 | 1:202,699 | 1,615 |
| Macau | - | 25 | 1:24,328 | 404 |
| Mongolia | - | 25 | 1:117,393 | 7,151 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 18 | 1:736 | 98 |
| Transnistria | 67% | 18 | 1:26,424 | 549 |
| Ukraine | - | 18 | 1:2,527,773 | 5,844 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 16 | 1:602,684 | 11,321 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16 | 1:282,212 | 391 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 16 | 1:1,135 | 187 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 16 | 1:297,061 | 236 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 16 | 1:721,939 | 1,033 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 11 | 1:543,025 | 16,192 |
| Curaçao | - | 10 | 1:15,580 | 668 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 10 | 1:314 | 48 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 10 | 1:3,786 | 437 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 10 | 1:19,435,768 | 100,312 |
| Chad | 100% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| East Timor | - | 9 | 1:135,375 | 266 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Niger | 80% | 9 | 1:2,131,555 | 25,465 |
| Palau | - | 9 | 1:2,412 | 36 |
| Tajikistan | - | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Laos | - | 8 | 1:823,357 | 879 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 7 | 1:902 | 214 |
| San Marino | 100% | 6 | 1:5,487 | 446 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 6 | 1:32,000 | 2,340 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 4 | 1:881,114 | 5,655 |
| Maldives | - | 4 | 1:108,476 | 2,638 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 4 | 1:158,644 | 3,180 |
| Montserrat | - | 4 | 1:1,219 | 202 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 100% | 4 | 1:3,382 | 74 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Mauritania | - | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 1 | 1:53,551 | 905 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
The alternate forms: Lindá (1) & Lïndä (1) are calculated separately.
Linda (67,476) may also be a surname.
Linda Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. this is a German name, not used in England until the end of the 19th C. It is Old German Lindi or Linda, one of the commonest elements in Old German female names.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Familiarly LINDY. An abbreviation of Melinda.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Linda is a given name of the Tumbuka tribe, meaning: be patient with the Lord.
— The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama
Linda is a given name of the Chewa tribe, meaning: evil spirit.
— The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama
Linda is a given name of the Tonga tribe, meaning: wait.
— The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama
Found as a female name. Abbreviated from Belinda.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Teutonic (feminine) - Lovely maid.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Latin name, meaning: Handsome. (Teutonic) Gentle.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Linda Forename Popularity
Linda Demographics
Linda Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 178 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Linda Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Linda in the Russian language | ||
| Линда | linda | - |
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Linda