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Meaning & Origins
Of relatively recent origin and uncertain etymology. It is first recorded in the 19th century. It may be a shortened form of Belinda, an adoption of Spanish linda ‘pretty’, or a Latinate derivative of any of various other Germanic female names ending in -lind meaning ‘weak, tender, soft’. It was popular in the 20th century, especially in the 1950s.
| 13th in the U.S. for 2011 |
English: habitational name from any of various places (for example those in Suffolk and Sussex now called Parham), originally named with the Old English elements peru ‘pear’ + hām ‘homestead’.
| 20,433rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Lynda, Lind, Lynd, Lindia, Melinda, Melynda, Belinda, Lindy
Parham, Paramo, Piraino, Peraino, Pirani, Perhach, Perhacs, Parayno, Puran, Parana
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