Message: "Linnea" - Behind the Name

Linnea

by Lissa (guest)

8/19/2004, 1:30 PM

I am starting to love this name. Wdyt of

Linnea Rose
Linnea Hope
Linnea Blythe
Linnea Maren
Linnea Catherine

#Linnea

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- Eirena

8/19/2004, 5:32 PM

It makes me think of Carolus Linnaeus, father of the scientific classification. :) Not a bad connotation!! :) I like it-- is it prn linn-AY-ah? That's what I'm assuming. It's a nice name. I always have a hard time thinking up good L names (for example, when I'm bored and do name combos for every letter of hte alphabet). :) :)

- mimi (guest)

8/19/2004, 5:31 PM

I really like it. It would be in contention if I have a girl if DH liked it. Of course, he doesn't. I have Scandinavian ancestry, so it would work really well.

- Claire (guest)

8/19/2004, 2:14 PM

I used to dislike Linnea, but now I like it lol
Linnea Rose (two flowers names) and Linnea Maren (two "Nothern" names)are the best, I think.

- Matthew aka ConFilmWatcher (ConstantFilmWatcher)

8/19/2004, 2:11 PM

I like it too.

- Kat (guest)

8/19/2004, 2:09 PM

I really like Linnea too. I like Linnea Rose and Linnea Catherine, also Linnea Charlotte. A cute nickname is Linnet.

- Sondra (guest) +4

8/19/2004, 1:41 PM

I love Linnea! It was almost my name, but my dad didn't care for it. Of the combos, I like Linnea Rose & Linnea Maren. Hope, Blythe & Catherine just don't do anything for me. I just asked my mom, and she said my full name probably would have been Linnea Corinne (had my father approved) if you are looking for any more suggestions.

- Lissa (guest) +3

8/19/2004, 1:51 PM

May I ask where you live? and do you think Linnea is too "Swedish" for an American chick from Jersey and her English bloke husband to name a future child? (It is in the top 10 in Sweden)

- Sondra (guest) +2

8/19/2004, 1:56 PM

I live in the Chicago area, so no I don't think it's too Swedish. I've never met any Americans named Linnea, but I think that most English-speaking folks would more likely associate the name with the flower rather than a specific heritage. Out of curiosity, where do this "American chick from Jersey and her English bloke husband" reside?

- Lissa (guest) +1

8/19/2004, 2:01 PM

northern New Jersey- I'm from the metro area.

- Sondra (guest)

8/19/2004, 2:02 PM

Ah...I've got family in southern Jersey, down by the Cape May area.

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