Lina and
Linnea were the most popular names in my Lin-poll.
Nobody liked the Zulu
Lindiwe ("have waited") and only one the Albanian
Lindita ("the day is born"). Maybe b/c nobody knew how to pronounce
Lindiwe. I don't know either but I would say "lin-DEE-weh" until corrected.
But what about Linna? Linna is actually a Finnish surname ("castle") but I think that it would be fine as fn too.
So which do you like best:
Lina (LEE-nah)
Linna (LINN-ah)
Linnea (Li-NEH-ah)
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (
Edith Södergran 1891-1923)