Linette

Where Linette comes from

In modern use a spelling variant of Lynette, though it is also identical with a rare French name, diminutive of Line, from Caroline, Pauline and other female names ending in -line.
— Wiktionary's entry for Linette
  • Welsh
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1925
    First appearance
    #4,426 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1970
    Peak, #860
    156 babies named Linette — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,473.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Welsh.
Namesakes

No widely known Linette turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

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.