Lynea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lih-NAY-a
- Origin
- Scandinavian
Lynea is a girls' name of Scandinavian origin, meaning “twinflower”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Lynea mean?
Scandinavian: spelling of Lynnea, itself a variant of Linnea
“twinflower”
Linnea is the twinflower, named after the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus.
Meaning borrowed from Lynnea.
Is Lynea a girl's or a boy's name?
Lynea is a girls' name.
How popular is Lynea in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1988, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1948.
Half of all the girls named Lynea in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lynea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
Nicknames for Lynea
- Lynn 5 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lynea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brianna, Cassidy, Kiara, Briana, Mckenna, Lydia, Rhiannon, Samantha, Leanna, Amanda, Brittany, Kiana
Names related to Lynea
More Scandinavian names
Kaia, Jenson, Jensen, Maren, Gustavo, Anders, Stellan, Iverson, Kari, Kaja, Larson, Olsen, Nea, Ronya, Jensyn, Soley
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lynea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lynea, updated 20 October 2026.