The first name Linda

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Meaning

The name Linda has several origin traditions; in Romance languages the word linda evokes beauty.

Historical origin

The name Linda spread internationally from Germanic, Spanish, and English forms that may have independent origins.

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The presence of Linda in Quebec archives illustrates the meeting of several linguistic and cultural naming traditions.

Pronunciation:lin-dalɪndə

Frequency of the first name Linda by baptism year

The chart below shows the frequency of the first name Linda by the year of baptisms listed in Genealogy Quebec’s data. It highlights the periods when this first name appears most often and its evolution across generations.

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Annual evolution of the first name LindaLine chart showing the frequency of the first name Linda in baptisms by year.10075502501905192119371953196919851905–1909 1 baptisms1940–1944 1 baptisms1945–1949 4 baptisms1950–1954 17 baptisms1955–1959 32 baptisms1960–1964 61 baptisms1965–1969 24 baptisms1970–1974 11 baptisms1975–1979 9 baptisms1980–1984 2 baptisms1985–1989 1 baptisms

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