Lynde

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How to Pronounce Lynde

Pronounced LIND /ˈlɪnd/Medium

Meaning: Lynde is an English surname and place-name spelling that as a given name reads near Lynn and Linda. As a topographic surname it comes from Old English and Norse words for a lime or linden tree, or from Lynn, a Welsh word for a lake or pool. Linda separately means 'pretty' or 'soft' in Spanish and 'lime tree' in Germanic. Lynde carries that quiet nature-and-place flavor rather than a single fixed root.Low

In 30 seconds: Lynde is a surname spelling near Lynn and Linda, from words for a linden tree or a pool. A rare given name in America (said LIND).

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Origin LowEnglish, Germanic

MeaningLynde is an English surname and place-name spelling that as a given name reads near Lynn and Linda. As a topographic surname it comes from Old English and Norse words for a lime or linden tree, or from Lynn, a Welsh word for a lake or pool. Linda separately means 'pretty' or 'soft' in Spanish and 'lime tree' in Germanic. Lynde carries that quiet nature-and-place flavor rather than a single fixed root.

U.S. rank (2011)#14221 ↗ Rising

2011 U.S. births7 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)

Peak year1980

Total births (all-time)≈ 432

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Lynde began as an English surname and place-name, from Old English and Norse terms for a lime or linden tree, and overlaps in sound with Lynn and Linda. Lynn is a Welsh word for a lake; Linda means 'pretty' in Spanish and 'linden' in Germanic. As a rare first name Lynde carries all of that gentle nature-and-place resonance.

It was never common as a given name in the United States, appearing for only a couple of dozen girls a year around its faint peak near 1980. A girl given it then is in her forties now. It reads as a crisp, one-beat surname-style name.

Did you know? Lynde is really a landscape word: an old surname for someone who lived by the linden trees or a pool, close cousins to the names Lynn and Linda.

Overall data confidence 36%

References - Lynde — Surname/place-name near Lynn/Linda; linden tree or pool

Variations

LynnLindLindeLinda

Nicknames

LynLynnie

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Lynde mean?

It is a surname and place-name linked to Lynn and Linda, from words for a linden tree or a pool.

How do you pronounce Lynde?

It's said LIND /ˈlɪnd/, one syllable.

Is Lynde a boy or girl name?

Lynde is used here as a girl's name, though the surname has been carried by both.

Is Lynde a popular name?

No, as a given name it has always been rare, surfacing only faintly around the start of the nineteen-eighties.