as a Last Name
- 880
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Linney
Meaning & Origins
English: from an Old English female personal name Lindgifu, Lindgeofu, composed of the elements lind ‘lime (wood)’, i.e. ‘shield’ (a transferred sense) + gifu, geofu ‘gift’.
| 25,885th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 880
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Carolina
- has the most people named Linney per capita
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