Linnett

Latin

"flax"

Linnett Origin and Meaning

The name Linnett is a girl's name meaning "flax".

This name has more substance than you might imagine: it's the name of a small, pink-breasted songbird (whose favorite food is linseed), it's also a medieval French form of the Welsh name Eiluned, and in the Lynette spelling appeared in Arthurian legend as the love object of Gareth.