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Is Linda due a comeback?

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RainbowRedPanda · 07/03/2024 04:10

My aunt is called Linda (nn Linny) and I just love it. It kind of fits with the trend for old fashioned names but is it not old fashioned enough yet?

Tbh I haven't checked it's position on the baby names ranking...I've never heard of a baby Linda/Linny though. Yep, there were only 18 baby Lindas in 2020 so not popular!

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herewegoroundtheblueberrybush · 09/03/2024 23:00

I know a 4 year old Linda

SevenSeasOfRhye · 09/03/2024 18:41

I think it's a nice name. An option would be to go for Melinda or Belinda with Linda as nickname.

DontGiveADuck · 09/03/2024 18:35

No it’s such a dull name.

daisypond · 09/03/2024 18:04

Kitsmummy · 09/03/2024 14:42

Linda is in her 60s with badly bleached hair. She's a nice lady but quite downtrodden and works in a greasy spoon. Don't do it!!!

What a horrible, judgemental thing to say about a name. Linda is a particularly cool and fresh name, to me. The only adult Lindas I know are extremely well educated, elegant professional people.

BertieBotts · 09/03/2024 17:35

You should use it if you like it.

I think it's unlikely to become a top 100 name for about 20-30 years yet. Most of the Lindas are in their 50s-70s.

Kitsmummy · 09/03/2024 14:42

Linda is in her 60s with badly bleached hair. She's a nice lady but quite downtrodden and works in a greasy spoon. Don't do it!!!

serin · 09/03/2024 14:26

Oh no!!

Rocknrolla21 · 08/03/2024 23:47

I know 7 Lindas. My sister, dh aunty, a neighbour, a lady I care for, my exes mum, and 2 school teachers. All 50-60 yo, cropped dyed hair (6 blonde, one changes every month). All stocky and in low paid teaching or caring roles, and all slight miserable to absolutely nasty. I’m going to sound judgemental af because these are not bad things to judge people on, but I can’t imagine having a baby girl and calling it Linda above every other name in the world

NoSnowdrop · 08/03/2024 23:45

I like it, I associate it with Scandinavian names due to my childhood friend in Denmark being called that.

In the UK it’s similar to names like Barbara which I love.

Cattenberg · 08/03/2024 23:40

I like Linda and Belinda (and Linny). I agree that Linda might not come back into fashion for another 15-20 years, though.

I know an Australian Belinda whose nickname is Bindi, so if you went for that she’d have a choice of nicknames.

shillyshallysholly · 08/03/2024 23:34

I met a baby Linda just last week and thought that it was a brilliant and very cool name!! Also my beloved aunt's name, though this wasn't the first thing that popped into my mind.

Dovewings · 08/03/2024 23:32

Lyndsey is nicer than Linda and more of that time.

BringMeSunshineAllDayLong · 08/03/2024 23:28

I would like to point out that on most of the Spanish speaking world Linda can mean beautiful but more often is a bit more bland and would better be translated as nice or pretty.
Bonita is probably closer

Dovewings · 08/03/2024 23:27

I'm 64 and many of my school friends were Lindas. Very common name and nobody said it was a lovely name, sorry. Try to imagine how her name will fit when she is 40, not just as a little girl.

Cleaningupthemess · 08/03/2024 23:21

I’m over 60 and know many Lindas. It just seems such a dull name, even though the ones I know are anything but dull. I don’t think it’s time for a comeback. At the moment it’s not the ‘right’ sort of old lady name imo.

Bbq1 · 08/03/2024 23:11

Not quite time for a comeback. Lyn just makes me thin of a middle aged woman - i know many. Having said that if you like the name go for it.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 08/03/2024 22:28

Yep, in another 20 years or so when there are more Great- Grandma Linda’s about, expect to see a big comeback imo - particularly as it has a pretty sound. Angela, Patricia, Gillian and Susan will likely return at the same time as they have pretty sounds or a variety of nn’s too. Deborah and Pamela as well- although not with the nn’s Deb/Debbie or Pam/Pammy (but maybe I’m wrong and they will be retro/hipster cool - like Barbara with nn Babs 🤣).

PennyPugwash · 08/03/2024 09:51

Sorry I think it's awful

theduchessofspork · 08/03/2024 09:33

I think perhaps because it carried on being popular into the 60s so a bit early to revive

You could be in the vanguard though, it does fit with all the Lola/luna/Leila/lena/lara/lyra names - that would put me off a bit though, there are so many of them

Perhaps Melinda or Belinda or something like Rosalyn or Aislinn and use it as a nick name

HanaJane · 07/03/2024 17:02

If you like it then go for it, I actually think it's pretty the more I say it! You could also go for Belinda with Linda for short then there's always the option to go for Belle as a nickname if DD prefers when she's older

MaloneMeadow · 07/03/2024 16:48

crostini · 07/03/2024 16:47

YES!
I also like Debbie

😳 Please no!!

crostini · 07/03/2024 16:47

YES!
I also like Debbie

Readytoevolve · 07/03/2024 16:46

I know too many. I always think it’s such a boring name. It shouldn’t come back

AdaColeman · 07/03/2024 16:28

I quite like Linda, but at the moment it is an old fashioned name rather than a Granny Chic name, though I really like Belinda and Melinda.
Also, with a similar vibe is Lucinda which I think is a beautiful name.

pilates · 07/03/2024 15:47

I hope not