Meanings
- A female given name from Welsh.
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When Damian addressed the wild flower, perhaps you are not aware that Linné is the name of a beautiful weed, originally selected by a great botanist to bear his appellation, and that it is also the endearing abbreviation for Linette. - - - The roses still continued to bloom on the grave, whose headstone recorded the name of "Linette".
1850 Linne, the Woodland Flower, from Gazette of the Union, The Golden Rule, Vol. 12, J. D. Stewart & W. B. Smith, page 270
Origin
In modern use a spelling variant of Lynette, though it is also identical with a rare French name, diminutive of Line, from Caroline, Pauline and other female names ending in -line.
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Cite this entry
Linette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Linette
“Linette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Linette. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Linette,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Linette.
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