Linnea

Meaning: Twinflower
Origin: Swedish — From the flower named after the botanist Linnaeus

Girl's name · #1449 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Linnea is climbing: on the charts since 1894, it is ranked #1449 in 2025, with 149 girls given the name last year. Roughly 9,900 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

In recent years, Linnea ran about 5× its national rate in Minnesota.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 13 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Linnea is especially popular in Finland (Finnish-sp.).

#2 in Finland (Finnish-sp.) (2025) · #23 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #31 in Norway (2025) · #114 in Sweden (2025) · #231 in Switzerland (2025) · #232 in Austria (2025) · #1,373 in Canada (2025) · #3,035 in England & Wales (2025) · #5,483 in France (2025) · #3,960 in Italy (2024) · #9,369 in Ecuador (2023) · #868 in Ireland (2016).

Famous Linneas

Linnea Berthelsen — Danish actress (born 1993)
Linnea Quigley — American actress, film producer, model, singer, and author (born 1958)
Linnea Deb — Swedish actor and songwriter (born 1977)
Linnéa Myhre — Norwegian author and blogger (born 1990)
Linnea Axelsson — Swedish Sámi writer (born 1980)

In stories & tradition

Linnea^Wikidata — Playable character in Genshin Impact

Where Linneas come from

Among 139 notable bearers:

Sweden 67%, Finland 14%, United States 6%, Norway 6%, Denmark 5%, Germany 2% and 2 more countries.

What Linneas become

Among 162 notable people named Linnea:

Sports figures appear 2.15× more often than among typical names — e.g. Linnea Torstenson, Swedish handball player (born 1983).

Similar names: Greer · Leanne · Ronnie · Laine · Lani · Libby

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