2 September: Linda Name Day

If your name is Linda, today is your name day in Slovakia. Other countries celebrate the name on other days, so Lindas can also celebrate on February 13 (Hungary), April 15 (Finland/Germany), June 19 (Switzerland), June 20 (Sweden), August 21 (Latvia), September 1 (Czech Republic), and September 4 (Poland).

The name has different meanings, too, depending on where in the world you are. The name is of German origin and until the 19th century was usually a short form of another name, like Melinda. It may have derived from the Linden tree and its wood, or from a word meaning "soft and tender". Similar words in other languages may have added to the appeal of the name: "beautiful, pretty, cute" (Spanish and Portuguese); "clean" (Italian) or fertility" (Albanian).

In Africa, the name isn't gender specific and means "wait".

10 famous people called Linda:

1. Linda Evangelista: Canadian supermodel who claimed she would not get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day. She was known as the muse of photographer Steven Meisel and featured on over 700 magazine covers.
2. Linda Hamilton: American actress best known for her portrayal of Sarah Connor in the Terminator film series.
3. Linda McCartney: American photographer, musician, animal rights activist, and entrepreneur. She was the first wife of Paul McCartney of the Beatles. Her photos were published in the book Linda McCartney's Sixties: Portrait of an Era in 1992.
4. Linda Evans: American actress known for portraying Krystle Carrington in Dynasty, a role she played from 1981 to 1989.
5. Linda Lovelace: American pornographic actress known for her performance in the 1972 hardcore film Deep Throat. She later said that her abusive husband, Chuck Traynor, had forced her to take the role. She later became a born-again Christian and a spokeswoman for the anti-pornography movement.
6. Linda Lusardi: English actress, television presenter and former glamour model.
7. Linda Ronstadt: American singer who earned many awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2014. Her hits include Different Drum and Tracks of My Tears.
8. Linda Blair: American actress and activist best known for playing levitating, head-spinning and projectile vomiting Regan MacNeil in the horror film The Exorcist.
9. Linda Pétursdóttir: Icelandic business woman and beauty queen who won Miss World in 1988.
10. Linda Danvers: also known as Supergirl, fictional DC Comics superhero She is not to be confused with Linda Lee Danvers, the secret identity used by the Kara Zor-El incarnation of Supergirl prior to the events of 1985's Crisis on Infinite Earths.

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