Linnea

== English == === Proper noun === Linnea A female given name from Latin of Swedish origin, occasionally used since the twentieth century. === Anagrams === -ennial, Linean, Nilean, inlane, lean in, leanin', linean == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Swedish Linnea. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlinːeɑ/, [ˈlinːe̞ɑ̝] Rhymes: -inːeɑ Syllabification(key): Lin‧ne‧a Hyphenation(key): Lin‧nea === Proper noun === Linnea a female given name from Swedish [from 19th c.] ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Nea, Neea ==== Statistics ==== Linnea is the 140th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 5,058 female individuals (and as a middle name to 16,322 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === References === === Anagrams === -lainen, Anneli, alinen, lainen == Norwegian == === Proper noun === Linnea a female given name borrowed from Sweden in the nineteenth century == Swedish == === Alternative forms === Linnéa === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lɪ²neːa/ === Proper noun === Linnea c (genitive Linneas) a female given name === References === Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 67 376 females with the given name Linnea (compared to 94 490 named Linnéa) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011. === Anagrams === Anneli