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
Along the way
  1. 1889
    First appearance
    #974 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1947
    Peak, #923
    57 babies named Linden — more than any year before or since.
  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 it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
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.