Linda (name)

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Linda is a female given name.

The name might be derived from the same root as the linden tree, from Germanic lind meaning "soft, tender" ultimately from a Celtic root. The image of the tree is used to indicate a gentle personality.
It may also come from the Spanish or Portuguese word linda, which is the feminine form of lindo, meaning "pretty, cute".
Alternatively it may be derived from the mythical creature/concept known as ouroboros, in the variations "Celt Lindworm" (a wingless bipedal dragon) and "Scandinavian Lindworm" (a seaserpent).

In some languages, such as German, the name is frequently used in combination with another name, using the suffix "-linde", for example in Sieglinde or Heidelinde.

Lynda is a common variant spelling of the name in English. Among other names in use in English speaking countries that include the -linda suffix are Melinda, Belinda, Celinda, Rosalinda and Mirlinda.

It can also be a related name for Lindsay.

The name also refers to the group formed in the twenty-eighth season of Doctor Who known as "London Investigation 'n' Detective Agency" or "LINDA".

The name days for Linda are on September 1 (Czech Rep.), June 20 (Sweden), April 15 (Finland/Germany), February 13 (Hungary), September 2 (Slovakia) and August 21 (Latvia).

[edit] Famous People

Linda (musician), a Russian musician who is the main vocalist of the band with the same name
Bogusław Linda, a popular Polish actor
Linda Blair, an American actress
Belinda Carlisle, an American singer
Lynda Carter, an American actress famous for her portrayal of Wonder Woman
Linda Coffee, an American lawyer famous for representing Jane Roe in Roe v. Wade
Linda Darnell, an American actress
Linda de Mol, Dutch entertainer
Linda Evans, an American actress
Linda Evangelista, a Canadian supermodel
Linda Fiorentino, an Italian-American actress
Linda Gray, an American actress
Linda Hamilton, an American actress
Linda Hogan, wife of Hulk Hogan
Linda Knowles, a British high jumper
Linda Lampenius, Finnish violinist
Linda Lavin, an American actress
Linda Lee, secret identity of Supergirl, Kara Zor-El
Linda Liao, a Taiwanese celebrity
Linda Lingle, governor of Hawaii
Lynda Lopez, a.k.a. "Ly Lo", an American broadcaster and journalist
Linda Lovelace, an American pornographic actress, later an anti-pornography activist
Linda McCartney, wife of Paul McCartney of the Beatles
Linda Papadopoulos, English - Greek Psychologist
Linda Perry, an American singer, songwriter and record producer
Linda Pétursdóttir, a Miss World from Iceland and businesswoman
Linda Ronstadt, an American singer.
Linda Schrenko, an American politician from the state of Georgia
Linda Seppänen, Swedish singer and one of the contestants in Swedish Idol 2006
Linda Thompson (disambiguation)
Lynda Tolbert-Goode, American hurdler
Linda Tripp, a Pentagon employee involved in the Lewinsky scandal of U.S. President Bill Clinton