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Linnett
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Meaning"flax"
About Linnett
This name has more substance than you might imagine: it's the name of a small, pink-breasted songbird (whose favorite food is linseed), it's also a medieval French form of the Welsh name Eiluned, and in the Lynette spelling appeared in Arthurian legend as the love object of Gareth.
Pronounced LIN-ut.
As of October 2026, Linnett ranked #7656 in US births in 1968 SSA, peaked at #6636 in 1957.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
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