Linnea
Origin
Scandinavian
Syllables
3
Peak era
1990s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
from the twinflower Linnaea, named for botanist Carl Linnaeus
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890speak 1990s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Linnea peaked in the 1990s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
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