Linden Forename

58,489th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 10,726 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana

Linden Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: Gentle.

Linden Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
71%
 
3,6501:99,3254,425
China-1,6251:840,65031,913
England
 
71%
8711:63,8382,772
Singapore-8661:7,2601,241
Canada
100%
6081:54,4963,484
Australia-5941:22,9931,534
Guyana
100%
5591:1,365243
Jamaica-3521:8,1911,016
South Africa
78%
 
3421:159,45211,013
Northern Ireland
100%
3151:5,851615
New Zealand-2201:20,6181,600
Philippines
 
69%
1611:658,44420,278
Papua New Guinea
92%
 
1351:60,3885,822
Scotland
 
95%
411:130,4972,774
Uganda
 
95%
371:1,106,94418,454
Wales
 
69%
301:103,1442,492
Brazil
100%
271:7,934,672106,358
Netherlands
100%
211:804,86115,561
India
90%
 
181:67,493,2211,054,154
Qatar-181:131,64515,202
Saint Kitts and Nevis
100%
151:3,657689
Belgium
100%
141:820,71710,753
Belize
100%
141:25,3082,585
Peru
100%
131:2,445,49623,318
Indonesia-131:19,843,359506,931
Colombia
100%
121:3,981,57724,591
Malaysia
 
93%
101:3,044,99479,253
Antigua and Barbuda-91:11,0441,733
Thailand
62%
 
91:7,785,090119,233
Venezuela
100%
81:3,775,23755,178
Zambia-71:2,264,97121,963
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
71:194,48810,722
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
51:22,3162,594
Zimbabwe
 
60%
51:3,084,76372,050
United States Virgin Islands-51:21,9492,239
Kenya
100%
51:9,261,42235,582
Germany
59%
 
51:19,335,57551,270
Suriname-41:138,2032,927
Hong Kong-41:1,938,1818,439
Dominican Republic-41:2,607,81819,206
Saint Lucia
100%
41:44,4543,465
Bahamas-41:99,8421,712
Honduras-41:2,204,36717,261
France
100%
41:16,617,58541,065
Montserrat-31:1,625276
Panama-31:1,302,18625,104
Switzerland-21:4,106,74825,883
Tanzania
100%
21:26,394,16073,301
Dominica-21:37,736863
Turkey
100%
21:38,900,85464,839
Russia
100%
21:72,116,852125,484
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Nicaragua
100%
21:3,009,16824,322
Anguilla-21:6,628945
Belarus
100%
11:9,482,38420,892
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Turks and Caicos Islands-11:34,7071,398
Vanuatu-11:261,7921,604
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
Yemen-11:26,296,75114,474
Cambodia
100%
11:16,273,33074,610
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Albania
100%
11:3,046,57049,159
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Taiwan
100%
11:23,769,682193,280
Ireland
80%
 
11:4,643,51913,375
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Italy
100%
11:61,062,09083,289
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Mexico
100%
11:124,144,427140,512
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Nauru
100%
11:11,927903
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Nigeria
100%
11:177,564,360489,087
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Estonia
100%
11:1,315,3808,883
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
DR Congo
100%
11:73,827,605146,761
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592

The alternate forms: Lindén (1) are calculated separately.

Linden (28,767) may also be a surname.

Linden Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: Gentle.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Linden Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

Linden Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Linden in the Russian language
Линденlinden-

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