Baby name

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Linnie

/LIN · ee/


“Soft, tender; pet form of Linda”

Pet form of Linda and other names beginning with Lin. Linda began as a short form of Germanic names with the element lind, meaning 'soft' or 'tender'; linda is also the Spanish and Portuguese word for 'beautiful'.

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How it ages.

A sweet, old-fashioned pet-name style; gentle and easy to say, with a cozy charm from another era.

The cultural moment.

Rare in the United States, ranked #7715 in 2025.