Linn

Where Linn comes from

Linn hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1882
    Debut at its peak, #837
    #837 among boys with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1883
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1966
    Linn Ullmann born
    Norwegian writer and journalist
  4. 1990
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 1994
    Linn Persson born
    Swedish female biathlete
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Linn Ullmann · Norwegian writer and journalist, born 1966
  • Linn Persson · Swedish female biathlete, born 1994
  • Linn Jørum Sulland · Norwegian female handball player, born 1984
  • Linn Svahn · Swedish cross-country skier, born 1999
  • Linn Blohm · Swedish handball player, born 1992

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.