Meaning: Its source is an Ancient Germanic expression meaning "Lime tree."

Languages: This girl's name is used in Swedish.

Popularity: The name Linnea ranked 1625th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

Narrative: It is the name of a small pink flower that was so called in honor of the Swedish botanist Karl von Linné, inventor of the universally recognized system of classifying plants and animals.

The original meaning of the scientist's surname is ''Lime tree,'' but correspondents inform us that Swedish girls are given this name with the small blue flower in mind.