# Linwood (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/linwood/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “linden tree”, “woods”, “forest” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɪnwʊd/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,781 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12,776 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Old English lind (“linden tree”) + Old English wudu (“woods, forest”).

## What it means

Linwood is grouped under forest.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 5 | 4,940 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 9,340 |
| 2011 | 12 | 6,851 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,376 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,289 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7,911 |
| 2015 | 13 | 6,557 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,363 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,562 |
| 2018 | 12 | 6,968 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,604 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,308 |
| 2021 | 16 | 5,689 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,513 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,696 |
| 2024 | 12 | 7,091 |

## People named Linwood

- Linwood Boomer, Canadian-American television producer, writer, and actor
- Linwood Barclay, American born, Canadian humourist, author and former columnist.
- A. Linwood Holton, Jr., American politician (1923–2021)
- Lin Carter, American fantasy writer, editor, critic (1930–1988)
- Bootsy Thornton, American basketball player (born 1977)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.