Message: "Lina, Linna and Linnéa"

[Opinions] Lina, Linna and Linnéa

by Ylva

6/18/2006, 2:46 PM

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)

#Lina #Linna #Linnéa

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- Andrew (AndrewJKD)

6/19/2006, 11:44 AM

Linnéa (Linnea) is my absolute favorite. It sounds so pretty and feminine. I like Lina, too, but it sounds a bit like a nn. I don't like surnames as fns, but Linna isn't that easy to identify.

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- lawruh

6/19/2006, 10:40 AM

I think Lindiwe and Lindita are okay. I love their meanings!

My favorite, though, is definitely Linnea. Linna would be second, and then Lina.

- Samantha (Samantha-Michelle)

6/19/2006, 1:29 AM

Lina & Linnea are the best!

SAMANTHA

- tor

6/18/2006, 7:06 PM

I like Linna, Linnea, then Lina, in that order.

Linna is beautiful. It's crisp and clean and makes me think of a young painter, the colour white, and the number 6.

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- bschoer10

6/18/2006, 6:27 PM

I love them all, especially Linnéa, because my Mum's name is Lyn and I thought it would be a good way of honouring her in the future.

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- Silvie (Silversliver)

6/18/2006, 4:49 PM

I like Lina best. Linna is very nice, but I can't stand Linnea. I like Lindiwe, too.

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I sold all my evil motives,
no icicles stuck in my hide.
I'm through with riddles, I know we're little,
just help me feel warm inside.
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- Hannah-Sue

6/18/2006, 4:28 PM

My friend is called Lindiwe. The way she pronounces it sounds a little more like lin-dee-way. The emphasis is not so much on the middle syllable as you have written it. I keep saying it to myself and the middle syllable seems the least emphasised and the other two equally so, if that makes sense.

I like Lina and Linnea, I think I like Lina better.

- mommy2b (guest)

6/18/2006, 3:36 PM

I love Linnéa.

- Elemmennope

6/18/2006, 3:34 PM

I LOVE Linnea. It's one of my top ten girl names.

Lina and Linna are nice too, but Linnea is the only one I'd use myself.

- Jae

6/18/2006, 3:24 PM

Lina, Linna, and Linnea are pretty names. Linnea is my favorite out of the three.

- Soul (guest) +4

6/18/2006, 3:11 PM

Linnea is my favourite girl name, period. If I'll ever get a daughter, her name will definitely be Linnea.

I'm Finnish, so Linna is a bit too much of a word and a surname to me. Lina is OK, but I find it a little too plain.

- Ylva +3

6/18/2006, 4:40 PM

But what about Vanamo?

I read that Vanamo is Finnish for linnéa, the twinflower.

"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)

- Soul (guest) +2

6/19/2006, 1:19 AM

Yes, it is. Vanamo is a nice name, too, but I don't like it even nearly as much as I like Linnea. The main reason I love the name Linnea is because I love the way it sounds and looks, so it's not just the association to the flower that I find appealing.

- Ylva +1

6/19/2006, 5:28 AM

How is Vanamo pronounced?

With the stress on the first syllable, VAN-ah-mo?

"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)

- Soul (guest)

6/19/2006, 7:20 AM

Yep, VAN-ah-mo.

- Julia (JuliaF)

6/18/2006, 2:59 PM

I adore Linnea! Lina is too nicknamey for me. I hate surnames as first names, but I wouldn't know that Linna was a surname. It's okay. It reminds me of Glenna and Brenna, which are other compacted names (from Glenda and Brenda).

- MusicalTwinSiStar2

6/18/2006, 2:49 PM

Definitely Linnea! It's a beautiful name! Btw, I was the one who voted for Lindita aswell! ;-) I think it's beautiful aswell!

Cheers,

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