Linda

Spanish, Portuguese and Italian

"pretty"

Linda Origin and Meaning

The name Linda is a girl's name of Spanish, Italian, Portuguese origin meaning "pretty".

Linda will live forever in baby name history for toppling Mary from its four hundred year reign as Number 1. Queen of Names in 1947, Linda has fallen even further in favor than Mary today.

Still, Linda continues to hang on in the US Top 1000, and many contemporary baby namers might consider Linda as an honor name, in middle place or as a starting point for names such as Melinda or Linden. And in some European countries, Linda still ranks high on the popularity charts.

Linda Rank in US Top 1000

# 842 in the US

Linda Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 817 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Linda

• 842 US 2023
• 817 Nameberry 2025
• 96 Germany 2021
• 118 Switzerland 2023
• 55 Austria 2023
• 79 Estonia 2024

20 Names Similar to Linda

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Linda.

• Karen
• Cheryl
• Suzanne
• Janine
• Tanya
• Patricia
• Sandra
• Donna
• Janice
• Brenda
• Tina
• Joanne
• Jeanette
• Sharon
• Anne-marie
• Justine
• Jenny
• Debbie
• Carla
• Deborah

Famous People Named Linda

• Linda Darnell (born Monetta Eloyse Darnell) American actress
• Linda Maria Ronstadt American singer
• Linda Evans American actress
• Linda Ann Gray American actress
• Linda Denise Blair American actress
• Linda Edna Cardellini American actress
• Linda Diane Thompson American actress, girlfriend of Elvis Presley, ex,wife of Caitlyn (formally Bruce) Jenner
• Linda Hunt (born Lydia Susanna Hunter) American actress
• Linda Perry producer and lead singer of American band 4 Non Blondes
• Linda Carroll Hamilton American actress
• Linda Rosenkrantz author and cofounder of Nameberry
• Linda Moulton Howe American investigative reporter
• Linda Louise Eastman McCartney American photographer, musician and wife of musician Paul McCartney
• Linda Marie McMahon American pro wrestling magnate and politician
• Linda Evangelista Canadian supermodel
• Linda Harvey Wild American tennis player
• Linda Lavin American actress
• Linda T. Sánchez American Congresswoman from California
• Linda Lee Cadwell widow of martial arts actor Bruce Lee
• Linda (born Svetlana Lvovna Geiman) Russian singer
• Linda Bove American deaf actress ("Sesame Street")
• Linda Rose Tripp former U.S. Pentagon employee and figure in the Monica Lewinsky scandal
• Linda Chung Hong Kong actress
• Linda Susan Agar elder daughter of child star Shirley Temple
• Linda Holmes American radio host
• Linda Fiorentino Italian American actress

The name Linda in Pop Culture

• Linda wife of Kalev in Estonian national epic "Kalevipoeg"
• Linda Lee Danvers aka Supergirl (born Kara Zor El), character in Superman comics
• Linda Fahlstrom character in the Bert Diaries series
• Linda "Lindy" Owens character in "Beastly" by Alex Flinn
• Linda Cleary character in movie "Black Market Baby"
• Linda Belcher character in animated series Bob's Burgers
• Linda Twist character in Australian TV's "Round the Twist"
• Linda Perelli character in "Widows"
• Linda Flynn Fletcher, mother in animated series "Phineas and Ferb"
• Linda Sinclair character from movie "The English Teacher" played by Julianne Moore
• Linda Radlett character in Nancy Mitford's "Pursuit of Love"
• Linda Arden also known as Caroline Hubbard, character in Hercule Poirot series
• Linda character TV's "Sesame Street" played by Linda Bove
• Linda Gunderson character in animated movie "Rio"
• Linda van Schoonhoven news anchor in the animated series "Futurama"
• Linda Stotch mother of Butters in animated series "South Park"
• Linda Clarke character in British soap "EastEnders"
• Linda Carter character in British soap "EastEnders"
• Linda Cheveski character on British soap "Coronation Street"
• Linda Park aka Dr. Light character in The Flash comics and TV show
• Linda Tanner a detective on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
• "Linda di Chamounix " opera by Gaetano Donizetti
• Dr. Linda Martin character on the TV series "Lucifer"
• Linda Lanyard character on TV's Call the midwife
• Linda character in "The Conjuring" series
• Linda the teacher character in the 2008 film "Role Models" played by Jessica Morris