Linda

Alternative forms

 * Lynda

Etymology
Latinized short form of compound names ending in -lind(e)"tender, soft", such as Sieglinde and Dietlinde; later associated with  linda: "beautiful". The name became known through 19th century literature and the opera Linda di Chamounix (1842).

Proper noun

 * 1) * 1752 Countess D'Aulnoi, Thomas Parnell: The Court of Queen Mab. Tales of Fairies. London,M.Cooper, MDCCLII.page 328:
 * The Orange-Tree stood in a Wood which belong'd to a Princess, who liv'd in a magnificent Palace not far off, and us'd to walk there. This Princess was young, beautiful and witty, and her Name Linda.
 * 1) * 1946 Jack Lawrence: Linda ( a popular song ) :
 * When I go to sleep / I never count sheep / I count all the charms about Linda.
 * When I go to sleep / I never count sheep / I count all the charms about Linda.

Related terms

 * pet forms: Lindie, Lindy, Lyn

Anagrams

 * Ladin, Ndali, nidal

Proper noun

 * , cognate to English Linda.

Proper noun

 * 1)  of  origin.

Etymology
The name Linda was already known in Estonia when Fr.R.Kreutzwald chose it to his Kalevipoeg (1861), based on the assumption that the place name Lindanise (Tallinn) would derive from the given name Linda. By folk etymology associated with Estonian lind: and lendama:.

Proper noun

 * 1) The mother of Kalevipoeg in the Estonian national epic.

Related terms

 * Inna
 * Lenna

Etymology
Of origin, cognate with English Linda. First recorded in Finland in 1833 .

Proper noun

 * 1)  of  origin.

Proper noun

 * 1)  of Germanic origin.

Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From Linda:, and also of  origin.

Etymology
Of origin, cognate with English Linda. First recorded in Norway in the 19th century.

Proper noun

 * 1)  of  origin.

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