Linnea
See also: Linnéa
English
Proper noun
Linnea
- A female given name of Swedish origin, occasionally used since the twentieth century.
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlinːeɑ]
- Hyphenation: Lin‧ne‧a
Declension
Inflection of Linnea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Linnea | Linneat | |
genitive | Linnean | Linneoiden Linneoitten | |
partitive | Linneaa | Linneoita | |
illative | Linneaan | Linneoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Linnea | Linneat | |
accusative | nom. | Linnea | Linneat |
gen. | Linnean | ||
genitive | Linnean | Linneoiden Linneoitten Linneainrare | |
partitive | Linneaa | Linneoita | |
inessive | Linneassa | Linneoissa | |
elative | Linneasta | Linneoista | |
illative | Linneaan | Linneoihin | |
adessive | Linnealla | Linneoilla | |
ablative | Linnealta | Linneoilta | |
allative | Linnealle | Linneoille | |
essive | Linneana | Linneoina | |
translative | Linneaksi | Linneoiksi | |
instructive | — | Linneoin | |
abessive | Linneatta | Linneoitta | |
comitative | — | Linneoineen |
Norwegian
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
A flower name coined in the eighteenth century, from Linnaea borealis, twinflower, named after the Swedish botanist Carl von Linné( 1707-1778). His original family name Linnaeus was a Latinization of Swedish Lind (“linden tree”). First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1842 as Linnaea.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɪ²neːa/
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 67 376 females with the given name Linnea (compared to 94 490 named Linnéa) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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