Linne

Various origins:

• Borrowed from German Linne, a variant of Linde (“lime tree”).
• Borrowed from Swedish Linné; compare Linnaeus.
• Borrowed from French Linné.

Linne (plural Linnes)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Linne is the 36525^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 612 individuals. Linne is most common among White (94.93%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Linne”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 442.

First attested as linne in 943. Of uncertain etymology. Older hypotheses compare the toponym to Proto-Celtic *lindom (“water”) and attempt to draw a link to an ancient hydronym. Comparisons have also been drawn to French Ligny. More recent hypotheses attempt to derive the toponym from a hydronym derived from Proto-Indo-European *ledh (“shining, protruding”) or from the name of a tree (cf. Old English hlyne (“Norway maple, Acer platanoides”)).

Compare Lienden, Lijnden, Linden and Linschoten.

See also Limburgish Lin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪ.nə/
• Hyphenation: Lin‧ne
• Rhymes: -ɪnə
• Homophone: linnen

Linne n

1. A village and former municipality of Maasgouw, Limburg, Netherlands.

• Linnenaar
• Linnens

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN