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Linton

English
"flax settlement"
Pamela Redmond
By Pamela Redmond
Updated Tue Jul 01 2025

Linton Origin and Meaning

The name Linton is a boy's name of English origin meaning "flax settlement".

In Wuthering Heights, Cathy's milquetoast husband; Heath is so much more appealing.

# 1000 in the US

Linton Rank in US Top 1000

Famous People Named Linton

  • Linton Kwesi Johnson
    Jamaican,British dub poet
  • Linton Vassell
    British mixed martial artist
  • Linton Wells II
    U.S. Naval officer and Deputy Secretary of Defense
  • Linton Johnson III
    American basketball player
  • Linton Garner
    American jazz pianist
  • Linton Baldwin
    American author
  • Linton Deen (b. 2018)
    son of American TV chef and personality Bobby Deen

The name Linton in Pop Culture

  • Linton
    Son of Heathcliff in “Wuthering Heights” (1847)
  • The Linton Worm
    a folkloric being