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Meaning of the nameLinda

A feminine name of Germanic origin, formed in the Middle Ages as a short form of names containing the element lind, which means soft, flexible or tender.

Meaning

“soft, flexible, tender (from the Germanic element lind)”

Source: Behind the Name: Linda

People (2022)
10,453
Rank in Brazil
#1,661
Median age
28 years
2010 Census
9,713
people

Linda in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Linda, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (1,969 people).

10,407 women 46 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Linda is most common

States with the highest share of people named Linda in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Roraima 0.018%
  2. Amazonas 0.012%
  3. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.007%
  4. Distrito Federal 0.007%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.006%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,9970.005%
Minas Gerais1,0440.005%
Rio de Janeiro1,0260.006%
Rio Grande do Sul6150.006%
Bahia5760.004%
Pará5190.006%
Paraná5140.005%
Ceará4970.006%
Amazonas4830.012%
Goiás4450.006%
Santa Catarina3880.005%
Maranhão3230.005%
Pernambuco2590.003%
Espírito Santo2210.006%
Piauí2010.006%
Mato Grosso1980.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul1890.007%
Distrito Federal1840.007%
Alagoas1180.004%
Rio Grande do Norte1150.004%
Roraima1120.018%
Rondônia960.006%
Paraíba880.002%
Sergipe870.004%
Tocantins740.005%
Amapá440.006%
Acre400.005%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Linda

According to Behind the Name, this name arose in the Middle Ages as a short form of Germanic names built with lind, an element meaning 'soft, flexible, tender'. Wiktionary, in its German entry, cites Dietlinde and Sieglinde as examples and says the form was later reinforced by the Spanish and Portuguese adjective of the same form, meaning 'pretty'; Priberam gives the etymology of that adjective as doubtful. The name is almost always female and appears in every generation, with the most records among people born in the 1990s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 10,453 people with this name, with a median age of 28. Proportionally, it is most common in Roraima.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Linda · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Linda · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Priberam · dicionario.priberam.org · origin

Questions about the name Linda

What does the name Linda mean?

Linda means “soft, flexible, tender (from the Germanic element lind)”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Linda in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,453 people with the first name Linda, which ranks it number 1,661 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Linda a boy's or a girl's name?

Linda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 10,407 women and 46 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Linda?

Linda is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Linda most common?

Proportionally, in Roraima: 0.018% of the state's population is named Linda (112 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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