as a First Name
Swedish: popular given name first bestowed in honour of the Swedish botanist Carl von Linné (1707–78; Latinized as Linnaeus). He gave his name to the now internationally recognized Linnaean system of taxonomic classification, and to a type of flower known as Linnaea.
| 2,763rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 6,282
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Minnesota
- has the most people named Linnea per capita
- 2010
- marked the height of its popularity
100%
0%
24%
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23%
30-54
30-54
19%
13-29
13-29
35%
0-12
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