Linnet

A female given name from English, occasionally recorded since the 19th century.

Proper noun

  1. A female given name from English, occasionally recorded since the 19th century.
    • Lindy herself hated the name Lindy. She said it sounded like a girl in pink gingham. At the beginning of this school year she'd started making all the teachers address her by her full name, Linnet. (She'd been named for...

Origin

From linnet (“a type of bird”).