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Linda¹

  • /ˈlɪndə/

Rhymes with -ɪndə

Where it comes from

Latinised short form of Germanic compound names ending in -lind, -linde (“tender, soft”) (English -inda), such as Sieglinde and Dietlinde, and earlier names such as Old High German Irmilinda and Old Dutch Frithelind, from Proto-Germanic *linþaz (“gentle, mild”), whence also Old English līþe (“gentle, mild, pliable, limber”) (English lithe). Later misassociated with unrelated Spanish linda (“beautiful”). The name became known through 19th century literature and the opera Linda di Chamounix (1842). More at lithe.

The coordination language is named after Linda Lovelace, a reference to the programming language Ada, itself named after Ada Lovelace.

proper noun Lynda

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages. 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.
  2. A census-designated place in Yuba County, California, United States.
  3. A coordination programming language for parallel computing environments. The aim of this paper is to analyse the concept of extending the parallel logic programming paradigm with Linda-like operations, thus facilitating distributed data storage, access and management.

Linda²

Where it comes from

Variant of Linde.

proper noun Lindas · Lynda

  1. A surname from German.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lynda, judy, lilia, susan, mrs, infancy, beautiful, bud, bounded, cristina, galana, bonita, hermosa, bella, preciosa, guapa

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name female given name

EspañolLinda
中文琳達 /琳达 Líndá
ΕλληνικάΛίντα Línta
РусскийЛи́нда Línda

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"Linda." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/linda. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Linda. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/linda

Chicago

"Linda." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/linda.

BibTeX
@misc{linda_2026,
  title = {Linda},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/linda},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}