Flax or songbird
A diminutive form of the French name Line, which originally referred to the flax plant used to make linen. It is also associated with the Welsh name Eluned, meaning idol or image, and the linnet, a small songbird in the finch family.
Less common today
Linette isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #2,249 in 1991.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Main character and mother of five · Desperate Housewives
Member of the Manson Family
Retired Hall of Fame basketball player
Australian Paralympic athlete
