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A name like Linda but “younger”

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DoYaKnowTheFiveLamps · 01/04/2025 19:23

I love the name Linda but it’s very 70s to me and makes me think of a 50-something woman rather than someone young

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Ab1ga1L3 · 01/04/2025 20:54

Lena, Lilia, Lola, India, Linnea

RedOnyx · 01/04/2025 20:53

BunnyRuddington · 01/04/2025 19:45

I don’t know of any Linda’s in their fifties. I think that most of the ones I know are in their seventies.

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I know two in their 60s and one in her 40s.

Christwosheds · 01/04/2025 20:52

Enko · 01/04/2025 19:33

I agree with this

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Me too.
The Lindas I know are both Swedish , where it is a classic name. So I know one in her mid eighties and one in her late thirties.

HannahDefoesSpringFling · 01/04/2025 20:50

Melinda

ScentOfAMoomin · 01/04/2025 20:49

Lydia or Lindsay

Gimmethenight · 01/04/2025 20:47

The two Lindas I know are in their 60s.

Scampisocks · 01/04/2025 20:47

Lois
Lucille
Lucia
Lilah
Loretta
Liza
Lotta
Lulu
Lisette

MadinMarch · 01/04/2025 20:44

BunnyRuddington · 01/04/2025 19:45

I don’t know of any Linda’s in their fifties. I think that most of the ones I know are in their seventies.

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I Agree. I went to school in the sixties with loads of Linda's. It definitely had gone out of fashion by the 70's.

Waitingforspring77 · 01/04/2025 20:44

Louisa

Waitingforspring77 · 01/04/2025 20:44

Lydia is gorgeous

Not quite the same sound at all but what about Laura?
Lara?
Lena?
Lisa?

pearbottomjeans · 01/04/2025 20:41

Lydia or Lucinda. Both surprising on a young child but suit an older child. Whereas if you were a Linda you’d probably have to wait til middle age to suit your name. Went to school with a Linda, she’s now 35 and still not there yet!

BeakyFlinders · 01/04/2025 20:41

Lucinda, nn Lindy.

BeakyFlinders · 01/04/2025 20:40

Linnet.

YourChirpyFatball · 01/04/2025 20:40

Anyone remember Yootha Joyce? That was an unusual name and a half.

WooleyMunky · 01/04/2025 20:37

DoYaKnowTheFiveLamps · 01/04/2025 19:23

I love the name Linda but it’s very 70s to me and makes me think of a 50-something woman rather than someone young

'Young Linda'

Movinghouseatlast · 01/04/2025 20:37

Linda is more a name from the 50's. I've never met a Linda my age in the UK. I'm 59 and my mum was a Linda, spelt Lynda.

I think Lydia is pretty timeless.

LaundryFondue · 01/04/2025 20:36

Miranda
Indiana
Rebecca
Simone
Sonia
Kathleen
Cora
Gillian
Amanda
Alison
Jean
Jeannie
Julie

Calliopespa · 01/04/2025 20:33

G-Linda will be popular with young Wicked fans! 🧙‍♀️🧚‍♀️ 🤣

Somethingthecatdraggedin7 · 01/04/2025 20:31

I think Linda is lovely as it is. Plus nice to have a change from names which are currently fashionable and used by everyone and their dog.

Oceangrey · 01/04/2025 20:30

But you know what I actually like Linda

Oceangrey · 01/04/2025 20:29

I know a baby Linden.

Anoisagusaris · 01/04/2025 20:29

I know a teenage Linda.

Holdonforsummer · 01/04/2025 20:29

Leonie

Inertia · 01/04/2025 20:29

Rosalind is a classic name- Linda could be a nickname .

PickledElectricity · 01/04/2025 20:28

Lyra
India

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