At a Glance
- Meaning
- Tender, gentle, soft
- Origin
- Germanic
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- LIN-dah
Linda is a Germanic girl's name meaning “tender, gentle, soft”. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Linda
Meaning: Tender, gentle, soft.
Origin: Germanic.
A common claim: Linda is widely believed to mean 'pretty' or 'beautiful' (from Spanish). Actually: Linda's root is the Germanic element -lind/-linde, meaning 'tender, gentle, soft' (as in Sieglinde). It was later confused with the unrelated Spanish word linda, meaning 'pretty.'
Source: Wiktionary, Wikipedia.
How to Pronounce Linda
LIN-dahIPA /ˈlɪndə/
Popularity of Linda
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