Lynda

Where Lynda comes from

The dictionaries list Lynda as a given name — a female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Linda — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Germanic
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #908 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1947
    Peak, #77
    4,840 babies named Lynda — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1951
    Lynda Carter born
    American actress, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder
  4. 1953
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #153.
  5. 1965
    Lynda Boyd born
    Canadian actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Linda.
Namesakes
  • Lynda Carter · American actress, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder, born 1951
  • Lynda Boyd · Canadian actress, born 1965
  • Lynda Day George · American actress, born 1944
  • Lynda Lemay · Canadian singer, born 1966
  • Lynda Benglis · American video artist, photographer, and sculptor, born 1941

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.