About Linnea

We've had a few questions about Linnea's name, so here's the background.

For pronunciation, we think about it as Lynn-EH-uh (not Lynn-EE-uh).

It's a fairly common Swedish girl's name (#8 in 2008, according to the Swedish government):

http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____258955.aspx

[Pause to contemplate that by January 21, 2009, the Swedish government had already published accurate statistics on baby names for the year ended 3 weeks earlier. Remarkable.]

As for meaning, the origins are an honor to Carl Linnaeus, the Swedish botanist. Lima Bean checked out the details for herself in the Oxford Dictionary of First Names a little earlier today (thanks to the Dormans for the loan--you'll have it back soon!)....



Mormor (Celena's mother) looks like she approves.