Linus
Linus is a male given name and family name.
Origin and meaning
In Greek mythology, Linos is the name of a son of Apollo and brother of Orpheus , he was the music teacher of Hercules . The most famous historical bearer of the name was Linus , probably named after him , a Greek who, according to church tradition, was the first successor of Simon Peter as Bishop of Rome . Linus is also the name of a character in the comic series The Peanuts .
The Lithuanian form of the name is Linas ; the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese forms are Lino .
distribution
Linus was not a very common name for a long time. It only became popular in Germany from 1990 and is now one of the most popular boy names.
name day
September 23rd
- Linus (approx. 33–79), according to church tradition, the first successor of Simon Peter as Bishop of Rome
Name bearer
First name
- Linus Bopp (1887–1971), German theologian and curative educator
- Linus Fagemo (* 1977), Swedish ice hockey player
- Linus Förster (* 1965), German politician
- Linus Gerdemann (* 1982), German cyclist
- Linus Hallenius (* 1989), Swedish football player
- Linus Konrad Hauser (* 1950), German theology professor and author
- Linus Kather (1893–1983), German politician
- Linus Kefer (1909–2001), Austrian educator and writer
- Linus Lichtschlag (* 1988), German rower
- Linus Löliger (* 1994 or 1995), Swiss poker player
- Linus Mathes (* 1996), German handball goalkeeper
- Linus Memmel (1914–2004), German lawyer and politician
- Linus Neumann (* 1983), German hacker and network activist
- Linus Omark (* 1987), Swedish ice hockey player
- Linus Carl Pauling (1901–1994), American chemist and two-time Nobel Prize winner
- Linus Reichlin (* 1957), Swiss writer
- Linus Roache (* 1964), British film and theater actor
- Linus Roth (* 1977), German violinist
- Linus Sandgren (* 1972), Swedish cameraman
- Linus Gabriel Sebastian (* 1986), Canadian YouTuber
- Linus Straßer (* 1992), German ski racer
- Linus Tornblad (* 1993), Swedish football player
- Linus Torvalds (* 1969), Finnish-American programmer, initiator of the Linux kernel
- Linus Videll (* 1985), Swedish ice hockey player
- Linus Volkmann (* 1973), German author and music journalist
- Linus Wahlgren (* 1976), Swedish actor
- Linus Yale (1821–1868), American inventor
Fictional character
- Linus van Pelt , a character in the comics The Peanuts
Web links
Wiktionary: Linus - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
