Linden



Gender:
Origin: English
179 famous people named Linden found on Wikipedia.
3346 male, 1455 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 1583-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 929-th in year 1947
Used in: English

Meanings

Linden is an English given name referring to the Linden tree. In the United States, the name (along with variant Lyndon) was somewhat popular as a boys name from the 1930s to the 1960s. Linden reached a peak in popularity in 1947 as the 921st most popular boys name in the Social Security Administration's list of most popular boys names (and variant form Lyndon reached a peak in 1964 as the 347th most popular boys name), but currently it is not included in the list. The name has never been on the top 1000 names list for girls. In Canada, Linden was included in the Vital Statistics Agency's list of top 100 most popular boys names from 2003 to 2005.


"lime tree," 1570s, noun use of an adjective, "of linden wood," from Old English lind "linden" (n.), from Proto-Germanic *lindjo (source also of Old Saxon linda, Old Norse lind, Old High German linta, German linde), probably from PIE *lent-o- "flexible" (see lithe); with reference to the tree's pliant bast. Compare Russian lutĭijó "forest of lime trees," Polish łęt "switch, twig," Lithuanian lenta "board, plank." For modern tree names from adjectives, compare aspen. OED suggests the use of the adjective as a noun is at least partly creditable to "translations of a German romance" (German linden is the plural form and the form used in compounds).


Derived from the name of the tree, the flowers of which are used in herbal teas and preparations.

Famous People: 179 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Hal Linden 1931 American actor
2 Linden Ashby 1960 American actor
3 Trevor Linden 1970 Canadian ice hockey player
4 Desiree Davila 1983 American marathon runner
5 Margriet van der Linden 1970 Journalist from the Netherlands
6 Jennie Linden 1939 English actress
7 Estelle Linden 1994 Indonesian actress
8 Linden Vey 1991 Canadian ice hockey player
9 Marc van der Linden 1969 Dutch television presenter
10 Debbie Linden 1961 British actor and model
11 Linden MacIntyre 1943 Canadian writer
12 Linden Travers 1913 British actress
13 Linden Chiles 1933 American actor
14 Colin Linden 1960 Canadian musician, songwriter and record producer
15 Linden Blue 1936 American aviation executive
16 Walt Linden 1924 Major League Baseball player
17 Pierre van der Linden 1946 Dutch musician
18 Frénk van der Linden 1957 Dutch writer and journalist
19 Eric Linden 1909 American actor
20 Linden Porco 1996 Canadian actor
21 Rick van der Linden 1946 Dutch composer
22 Henning Linden 1892 United States Army general
23 Jop van der Linden 1990 Dutch footballer
24 Kathy Linden American musician
25 Linden Soles 1956
26 Linden Cullen Fictional consultant general surgeon in BBC TV medical drama Holby City
27 Markus Linden 1973 German political scientist
28 Carel ter Linden 1933
29 Linden Gaydosh 1991 Gridiron football player from Canada
30 Pieter Cort van der Linden 1846 Dutch politician
31 Corry van der Linden 1937 Dutch actress
32 Todd Linden 1980 American baseball player
33 Anya Linden 1933 British ballet dancer
34 Herbert Linden 1899 German judge
35 Dolf van der Linden 1915 Dutch conductor
36 Marc Van Der Linden 1964 Belgian footballer
37 Jaap ter Linden 1947 Dutch cellist, viol player and conductor
38 Sophie Van der Linden 1973
39 Ab van der Linden 1911 Dutch actor
40 Isabelle Linden 1991 Association football player
41 Kerstin von der Linden 1972 German television presenter and journalist
42 René van der Linden 1943 Dutch politician
43 Marc van Linden 1976 German record producer
44 Maria Linden 1869 German bacteriologist and zoologist
45 Linden King 1955 American football player
46 Jamie Linden 1972 Canadian ice hockey player
47 Linden Wilkinson Australian actress
48 Jean Jules Linden 1817 Belgian botanist
49 Allen Linden 1934 Canadian judge
50 Teri Clark Linden American actress
51 Mickey Linden Gaelic football player
52 Vincent zur Linden 1994
53 Sophie Linden British politician
54 Linden Jones 1961 Welsh footballer
55 Sidney B. Linden 1938
56 Marcel van der Linden 1952 Director of research at the International Institute for Social History
57 Errol Linden 1937 American football player
58 Charles Linden 1968 British writer
59 Stella Linden 1919 British actress
60 Caroline Linden American author
61 Bob Linden American radio personality
62 Eugene Linden 1902 American conductor
63 Anne Van der Linden 1959 French painter
64 Antoine van der Linden 1976 Dutch footballer
65 Guy Vander Linden 1948 US Marine general
66 Jürgen Linden 1947 German politician
67 Henk van der Linden 1925 Dutch film producer
68 Andy Linden 1922 Racecar driver
69 Michael Linden 1948 German psychiatrist
70 Rik Van Linden 1949 Road bicycle racer
71 Cees van der Linden 1964 Dutch football player
72 Gertjan van der Linden 1966 Dutch basketball player
73 Joseph Linden 1804 German judge and politician
74 Paul Linden 1947
75 Andreas Linden 1965 German javelin thrower
76 David Linden Scottish politician
77 Pedro Vander Linden 1808
78 Hiske van der Linden 1954 Dutch actress
79 Linden Wiesman 1975 American equestrian
80 Henry R. Linden 1922 American chemist and university president
81 Edward Linden 1888 American cinematographer
82 Wim van der Linden 1941 Dutch program maker, film director and photographer
83 Peter van der Linden 1923 Dutch actor
84 Ton ter Linden 1935 Dutch painter and landscape architect
85 Don van der Linden 1976 Dutch bicycle racer
86 Linden Dalecki 1968 American writer
87 Alan Linden 1917 Australian rules footballer
88 Mick Linden Musician
89 Marjorie Anthony Linden 1935
90 Linden Rowat 1989 Canadian ice hockey goaltender
91 Linden Stevens 1978 Australian rules footballer
92 Sander van der Linden
93 Linden B. Bateman 1940 American congressman in Idaho
94 Linden Hall 1991
95 Richard van der Linden 1970
96 Loïc Van der Linden 1966 Rugby union player
97 Pierre Léonard Vander Linden 1797 Belgian entomologist
98 Max Van der Linden 1922 Belgian ceramist (1922-1999)
99 Jef Van Der Linden 1927 Belgian footballer
100 Lode Van der Linden 1888 Belgian painter
101 Maarten van der Linden 1969 Dutch rower
102 Wesley Van der Linden 1982 Cyclist
103 Linden Joseph 1969 West Indian cricketer
104 Linden Cameron 1918 Australian Army officer
105 Tonny van der Linden 1932 Dutch football player
106 Donald Linden 1877 Canadian athlete
107 Pieter Willem Jacob Henri Cort van der Linden 1893 Dutch politician (1893-1969)
108 Alex Van Linden 1952 Cyclist
109 James Linden American football coach
110 Frans Van der Linden 1894 Belgian politician
111 Gerard van der Linden 1981 Dutch rower
112 Elly Linden 1895 German politician
113 Reinhard Linden 1957 German church musician
114 Gerry van der Linden 1952 Dutch poet and writer
115 Linden Tsai-Chueh Lin 1951 Taiwanese publisher
116 Linden Lundstrom 1913 American conductor
117 Eric van der Linden 1974 Dutch triathlete
118 Liane Linden 1920 Swedish actress
119 Charles Huguenot van der Linden 1909 Dutch film director
120 Marianna Linden 1975 German actress
121 Nico Van Der Linden 1985 Footballer
122 Johannes Antonides van der Linden 1609
123 Cor van der Linden 1951 Dutch actor
124 Maritzka van der Linden 1962 Olympic swimmer
125 Stef van der Linden 1952 Dutch puppeteer, singer and scenographer (1952-2006)
126 Gustaf Linden 1875 Swedish translator and actor
127 Franz Linden 1873 German sculptor
128 Franz Joseph Ignaz von Linden 1760 German civil servant
129 Linden Charles Mansell Saunders 1908 Teacher, music critic, broadcaster
130 Gijs Van der Linden Belgian singer
131 Ludwig Linden 2000 German diplomat
132 Marc Van der Linden 1959 Belgian politician
133 Charles Van der Linden 1523
134 Vita van der Linden 1997 Dutch association football player
135 Helge Linden 1897 Swedish painter
136 Jakobus Linden 1886 German sculptor
137 Adrien Linden French writer
138 Jef Van Linden 1948 Belgian politician
139 Jan van der Linden 1907 Dutch architect
140 Christian Bogislaw von Linden 1707
141 Gustav Linden 1879 Swedish architect
142 Carl Linden 1801 German politician
143 Frank Vander linden 1962 Belgian singer, journalist and guitarist
144 Kees van der Linden 1931 Dutch politician (1931-2010)
145 Ludo Van Der Linden 1951 Belgian bicycle racer
146 Kalle Linden 1872
147 Robert van der Linden 1936 Dutch composer and pianist
148 Dorus van der Linden 1942 Dutch scenographer
149 John van der Linden Dutch association football player
150 Luc Van Linden 1956 Belgian politician
151 Henk over de Linden 1923 Dutch politician
152 Nico ter Linden 1936 Dutch theologian and writer
153 Rotger Linden
154 Heinrich van der Linden 1400 German politician
155 Vincent van der Linden 1934 Dutch writer (1934-2012)
156 Joep van der Linden 1972 Dutch association football player
157 Ron Linden 1940
158 Rudolph Cort van der Linden 1886 Dutch composer
159 Gijsbertus Martinus van der Linden 1812
160 Linden H. Morehouse 1842
161 Louis Van Linden 1928 Belgian association football player
162 Franz Anton Christoph Van der Linden 1804
163 Fons van der Linden 1923 Dutch graphic designer (1923-1998)
164 Teunis van der Linden 1884 Dutch chemist (1884-1965)
165 Johann Linden 1838
166 Raymond Linden 1946
167 Floris van der Linden 1996
168 Jean Linden 1804
169 Ada Linden 1847
170 Gustaaf Van der Linden
171 Lucien Linden 1853 Belgian botanist
172 Veerle Van linden 1976
173 Ernest Vander Linden 1886
174 Mike Van der Linden 1991 Belgian association football player
175 Camille Linden 1919 Luxembourgish politician
176 Julien Van Der Linden 1848 Belgian politician and lawyer
177 Lars Linden 1970
178 Cornelis over de Linden 1811
179 Jac. van der Linden 1928