Linden

Where Linden comes from

* As a Dutch, German and Jewish surname, plural form of Linde. * As a Dutch and West Flemish surname, from several placenames called Linden or Lienden. Also shortened from Vanderlinden. * As a Swedish surname, from lind (“lime tree”). Compare Lindeen. * As an English surname, variant of Lindon. * As an Irish surname, shortened from McLinden, itself a variant of McClinton.
— Wiktionary's entry for Linden
  • From a surname
Linden through the years
  1. 1889
    First appearance
    #974 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1947
    Peak, #923
    57 babies named Linden, its best rank.
  3. 1960
    Linden Ashby born
    American actor
  4. 1961
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,521.
  5. 1991
    Linden Vey born
    Canadian ice hockey player
  6. 2014
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname, or for the linden tree.
Namesakes
  • Linden Ashby · American actor, born 1960
  • Linden Vey · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1991
  • Linden Hall · Australian athletics competitor, born 1991
  • Linden Chiles · American actor, 1933–2013
  • Linden Porco · Canadian actor, born 1996

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.