Linh
given name · Vietnamese · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Linh is a given name, most frequently recorded in Vietnam, where it is the 10th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Vietnamese and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: numinous, divine, holy, sacred.
- VNVietnam1 in 89◐
- USUnited States1 in 31K
- CACanada1 in 50K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈12K ●
- Sources
- 241 ●
- 1 in 7.2K ◐
across 9 countries
527K records
Official registry-verified
Iceland
Meaning & origin●
numinous, divine, holy, sacred
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VN Vietnam | #10 | 956,885 | 488K rec. | — | listed | Linh | 241 |
| US United States | — | 10,753 | 34K rec. | 1 in 31K | 11K | Linh | 177 |
| CA Canada | — | 1,672 | 1.8K rec. | — | 1 | Linh | 57 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 1,129 | 1.2K rec. | — | listed | Linh | 36 |
| SE Sweden | — | 597△ | 124 rec. | 1 in 17K | 597 | Linh | 19 |
| SG Singapore | — | 264 | 394 rec. | — | — | Linh | 22 |
| FI Finland | — | 211△ | 20 rec. | 1 in 26K | 658 | — | 8 |
| MY Malaysia | — | 207 | 340 rec. | — | — | Linh | 8 |
| RU Russia | — | 192 | 257 rec. | — | — | Linh | 23 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 175 | 147 rec. | 1 in 99K | 175 | Linh | 20 |
| PL Poland | — | 114 | — | 1 in 336K | 114 | — | — |
| NO Norway | — | 89 | 91 rec. | — | 334 | Linh | 14 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Vietnamese985K83%
- English99K8%
- 29K2%
- Spanish9.3K1%
- French5K1%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Vietnamese | 984,855 | 83% |
| English | 98,939 | 8% |
| 28,624 | 2% | |
| Spanish | 9,299 | 1% |
| French | 5,010 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Linh is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Vietnamese, Hán-Việt “linh” = gập ghềnh, không vững; dùng cho Hán Linh Đế, nạn nhân của Đổng Trác và Tào Tháo.
as a nameTên Họ Người Việt Nam
In Vietnamese, Hán-Việt: “linh thiêng, linh diệu, thần mẫn”; tên trong bài “Phiên hệ thi” triều Minh Mạng.
as a nameTên Họ Người Việt Nam
In lnj, accusative of linggay; us two (direct object)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In za, pangolin
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
Show as table
| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1975 | 6 |
| 1976 | 6 |
| 1977 | 12 |
| 1978 | 15 |
| 1979 | 25 |
| 1980 | 40 |
| 1981 | 54 |
| 1982 | 61 |
| 1983 | 61 |
| 1984 | 64 |
| 1985 | 62 |
| 1986 | 57 |
| 1987 | 64 |
| 1988 | 44 |
| 1989 | 51 |
| 1990 | 42 |
| 1991 | 62 |
| 1992 | 48 |
| 1993 | 44 |
| 1994 | 41 |
| 1995 | 42 |
| 1996 | 42 |
| 1997 | 37 |
| 1998 | 29 |
| 1999 | 33 |
| 2000 | 26 |
| 2001 | 23 |
| 2002 | 17 |
| 2003 | 25 |
| 2004 | 21 |
| 2005 | 16 |
| 2006 | 24 |
| 2007 | 27 |
| 2008 | 22 |
| 2009 | 17 |
| 2010 | 11 |
| 2011 | 22 |
| 2012 | 29 |
| 2013 | 20 |
| 2014 | 27 |
| 2015 | 12 |
| 2016 | 16 |
| 2017 | 14 |
| 2018 | 20 |
| 2019 | 12 |
| 2020 | 15 |
| 2021 | 14 |
| 2022 | 13 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 13 |
| 2025 | 16 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 51 years between 1975–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Nguyễn Văn Linhb. 1915VNGeneral secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1915–1998)
- Việt Linhb. 1952VNfilm and stage director, writer
- Linda Lêb. 1963FRnot in their usual nameFrench writer (1963–2022)
- Linh Dinhb. 1963VNAmerican writer and photographer
- Mỹ Linhb. 1975VNVietnamese singer and lyricist (born 1975)
- Hoàng Thùy Linhb. 1988VNVietnamese singer, actress and model (born 1988)
- Alice Svenssonb. 1991SEnot in their usual nameSwedish singer
- Đỗ Mỹ Linhb. 1996VNVietnamese model and television presenter (born 1996)
- Nguyễn Tiến Linhb. 1997VNassociation football player
- Nguyễn Thùy Linhb. 1997VNbadminton player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 43 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 11K | #2,039 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.6K | #2,039 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 658 | #1,927 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 597 | #2,450 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 334 | #3,299 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 271 | #76,478 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 211 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 203 | #90,853 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 175 | #3,934 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 163 | #102,173 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 130 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 114 | #683 |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 195 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Linh?
- We estimate roughly 12 thousand people bear Linh (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.
- In which country does Linh have the most bearers?
- Linh is most frequently recorded in Vietnam, where it is most often spelled linh.
- How common is Linh compared with other names?
- In Vietnam, Linh is the 10th most common given name of 72,115 given names recorded there.
- Is Linh a male or female name?
- Linh is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What does the name Linh mean?
- Recorded meaning: numinous, divine, holy, sacred
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Linh” — the 10th most common given name in Vietnam. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.