Linas
A Lithuanian name from the word for flax, "len". Fewer than fifty men in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met one, and no boys have been given it in recent years.
Linas Pronunciation
Linas is pronounced LEE-nahs (/ˈlinas/).
What Linas means
Where Linas comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Linas comes from Lithuania, and its meaning sits in plain sight. In Lithuanian, "linas" is the flax plant, the same crop that Poles call "len." Flax gives linen and linseed oil. It grows low, with pale blue flowers across Baltic fields.
The name stays close to that plant. It does not pass through a saint or a king first. Lithuanian families have used Linas for generations, and it holds firm without diminutives or variant spellings to soften it. Short. One clear word.
There is an easy tangle to avoid. Linas resembles the Greek Linus, and the two can look like cousins. That link is not proven, so the safer ground stays the Lithuanian noun and its blue field. On a Polish class register, Linas reads as slightly foreign, a Baltic guest among Kacper and Szymon. Near the Lithuanian border it draws less of a second glance.
The meaning ends where it began, in the crop. Flax, "len," the plant that becomes linen.
How many people are named Linas
1 in 485141 men in Poland is named Linas. 44 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5797 among male names.
Linas as a middle name
Linas is a first name for 44 men in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 96/4 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 8176th, between Liev (2) and Liroy (2).
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#8174 Lider2
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#8175 Liev2
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#8176 Linas2
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#8177 Liroy2
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#8178 Livingstone2