Linnea

Meaning: Linden tree or twinflower, honoring botanist Linnaeus
Origin: Swedish

Girl's name · #1449 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Linnea is climbing: on the charts since 1894, it is ranked #1449 in 2025, with about 150 girls given the name last year. Roughly 9,900 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

In recent years, Linnea ran about 5× its national rate in Minnesota.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 13 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Linnea is especially popular in Finland (Finnish-sp.).

#2 in Finland (Finnish-sp.) (2025) · #23 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #31 in Norway (2025) · #114 in Sweden (2025) · #231 in Switzerland (2025) · #232 in Austria (2025) · #3,207 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,262 in Canada (2024).

Famous Linneas

Linnea Quigley — American actress
Linnea Berthelsen — Danish actress
Linnea Torstenson — Swedish handball player
Linnéa Engström — Swedish politician
Linnea Liljegärd — Swedish association football player

In stories & tradition

Linnea — Genshin Impact (video game)

What Linneas become

Among 166 notable people named Linnea:

Sports figures appear 2.1× more often than among typical names — e.g. Linnea Torstenson, Swedish handball player.

Similar names: Greer · Leanne · Ronnie · Laine · Leena · Lani

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