Linda

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/ˈlɪndə/

proper noun

A female given name from the Germanic languages.

OriginGermanic ← Proto-Germanic *linþaz →
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Meanings

Linda1

proper noun

alternative Lynda

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.

    When I go to sleep / I never count sheep / I count all the charms about Linda.

    1946 Jack Lawrence: Linda ( a popular song )
    1 more example

    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.

    1752, Countess D'Aulnoi, Thomas Parnell, The Court of Queen Mab. Tales of Fairies, London: M.Cooper, MDCCLII, page 328
  2. A census-designated place in Yuba County, California, United States.
  3. computer languagesA 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.

    2012, Evan Tick, Giancarlo Succi, editors, Implementations of Logic Programming Systems, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 43

Linda2

proper nounLinda (plural Lindas)

plural Lindas · alternative Lynda

  1. A surname from German.

Origin

Linda · proper noun

  1. Proto-Germanic*linþaz“gentle, mild”
  2. Germanic
  3. EnglishLinda

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.

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Linda · proper noun

Variant of Linde.

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Translations

Bulgarian Ли́нда
  • Ли́нда (Línda)female given name
Chinese Mandarin 琳達 /琳达
  • 琳達 /琳达 (Líndá)female given name
Greek Λίντα
  • Λίντα (Línta)female given name
Russian Ли́нда
  • Ли́нда (Línda)female given name
Spanish Linda
  • Lindafemale given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Linda

kindaMelindaBelindaLucindaClarindaDorindaJacindaFlorindaArmindaLaurinda
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Anagrams

LadinnidalLandiDilanNdali
Cite this entry
APA

Linda. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Linda

MLA

“Linda.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Linda. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Linda,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Linda.

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