Linde (first name)

Linde is a female given name that has a certain distribution, especially in the Dutch-speaking area .

Origin and meaning

Linden ( ahd. Linta ) is initially a name for the plant genus of linden trees , also known as the "tree of love". The linden tree gets its name because of its “soft” bast , from which belts are woven , for example . Shields were made from the light wood of the tree , so that linta could also take on the meaning of “shield”. This weapon should be the name motif here.

Like the female first name Linda , Linde is also a short form of names with the Germanic element lind , such as Lindgard, Gerlinde or Sieglinde . As the second member of the name, lind only appears in women's names and then goes back to ahd. Lind (i) , gentle, soft, mild (cf. Latin lentus and English lithe for German “flexible” or “supple” ). The word “ relief ” also has this origin.

variants

Lind, Lindy , Linder, Lindita (Spanish diminutive)

Long names that can be shortened to linden tree:

Name bearers

Linde Ergo (* 1966), Belgian sculptor
Linde Fulda (* 1943), German actress
Linde Ivimey (* 1965), Australian sculptor
Linde Prelog (* 1949), Austrian actress
Linde Rotta (* 1937), German writer
Linde Waber (* 1940), Austrian painter

Web links

First name Linde - overview , accessed on February 27, 2019.

Individual evidence

↑ Nederlandse Voornamenbank Statistics of the first name "Linde" (Dutch), accessed on February 27, 2019.
^ First name Linde - overview , accessed on February 27, 2019.
^ Kluge: Etymological Dictionary , Berlin, 23rd edition 1995; P. 520.
^ Adolf Bach: Die Deutschen Personalennamen , Heidelberg 2nd ed. 1952; Vol. 1, p. 217.
^ Wilfried Seibicke: German Historical Name Book , Berlin 1996–2006; Linda / Linde
^ Ernst Förstemann: Altdeutsches Namenbuch , first volume, Munich, reprint of the second edition in 1966; Sp. 1058f.
^ Henning Kaufmann: Altdeutsche Personalennamen, supplementary volume (on Ernst Förstemann: Altdeutsches Namenbuch, first volume, Munich, reprint of the second edition 1966), 1968; P. 237.
↑ Wolfgang Pfeifer u. a .: Etymological Dictionary of German , Munich 2nd edition 1993; P. 803.

[1] Nederlandse Voornamenbank Statistics of the first name "Linde" (Dutch), accessed on February 27, 2019.

[2] First name Linde - overview , accessed on February 27, 2019.

[3] Kluge: Etymological Dictionary , Berlin, 23rd edition 1995; P. 520.

[4] Adolf Bach: Die Deutschen Personalennamen , Heidelberg 2nd ed. 1952; Vol. 1, p. 217.

[5] Wilfried Seibicke: German Historical Name Book , Berlin 1996–2006; Linda / Linde

[6] Ernst Förstemann: Altdeutsches Namenbuch , first volume, Munich, reprint of the second edition in 1966; Sp. 1058f.

[7] Henning Kaufmann: Altdeutsche Personalennamen, supplementary volume (on Ernst Förstemann: Altdeutsches Namenbuch, first volume, Munich, reprint of the second edition 1966), 1968; P. 237.

[8] Wolfgang Pfeifer u. a .: Etymological Dictionary of German , Munich 2nd edition 1993; P. 803.