Linden is an English given name referring to the Linden tree. In the United States

United States

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, the name (along with variant Lyndon

Lyndon

Lyndon may refer to a place name or a personal or institutional name.Place name: derived from Old English lind and dun -Places:United Kingdom*Lyndon, Plymouth*Lyndon, Rutland*Lyndon, West Midlands...

) was somewhat popular as a boys name from the 1930s to the 1960s. Linden reached a peak in popularity in 1947 as the 921st most popular boys name in the Social Security Administration

Social Security Administration

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's list of most popular boys names (and variant form Lyndon reached a peak in 1964 as the 347th most popular boys name), but currently it is not included in the list. The name has never been on the top 1000 names list for girls. In Canada

Canada

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, Linden was included in the Vital Statistics Agency's list of top 100 most popular boys names from 2003 to 2005.

Notable Lindens

• Linden Ashby
  Linden Ashby
  Clarence Linden Garnett Ashby III , best known as Linden Ashby, is an American actor and martial artist.-Early life:...
  
   (born 1960), television and movie actor best known for playing main character Johnny Cage in the hit movie Mortal Combat
• Linden Banks, television actor
• Linden Blue
  Linden Blue
  Linden Stanley Blue is an American aviation executive. He is the co-owner of General Atomics, where he serves as the Vice Chairman, and runs aircraft manufacturer Spectrum Aeronautical....
  
   (born 1936), American entrepreneur
• Linden Chiles
  Linden Chiles
  Linden Chiles is an American character actor. His television roles include Steve Kirk on Convoy, Paul Hunter on James at 15 and Clyde Darrell on Perry Mason. He has also appeared in a guest starring role in numerous other TV series during the 1960s and 1970s including The Fugitive.-External links:...
  
  , character actor that has appeared in hundreds of television shows and movies
• Linden Dalecki
  Linden Dalecki
  Linden Dalecki is an American author. He writes novels for children and young adults.- Writing :His first novel, Kid B, is set in the world of Texas hip-hop and was influenced by S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders...
  
   (born 1968), American writer
• Linden Jones
  Linden Jones
  For the Welsh cricketer see Lyndon Jones.Linden Jones is a former Welsh professional footballer.-Club career:Jones was born in New Tredegar, Monmouthshire. He began his career at Cardiff City joining them as an apprentice at the age of sixteen. He made his début on 24 February 1979 in a 1-0...
  
   (born 1961), Welsh footballer
• Linden King
  Linden King
  Linden Keith King was a linebacker who played thirteen seasons in the NFL 9 for the San Diego Chargers and 4 for the Los Angeles Raiders....
  
   (born 1955), American football player (linebacker
  Linebacker
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  ) who played 12 years in the NFL
• Linden MacIntyre
  Linden MacIntyre
  Linden MacIntyre is a Canadian journalist, broadcaster and novelist. He has won eight Gemini Awards, an International Emmy and numerous other awards for writing and journalistic excellence.-Life and career:...
  
  , (born 1943), Canadian journalist and author; reporter on PBS series Frontline
• Linden Porco
  Linden Porco
  Linden Porco is a Canadian dwarf child actor. He is 32 inches talland is best known for his role as a body double in the 2006 American film Little Man. He was born with cartilage-hair hypoplasia, a form of dwarfism that stunts growth, but allows for proportional development.-External links:*...
  
   (born 1996), Canadian television and movie actor
• Linden Rowat
  Linden Rowat
  Linden Rowat is a Canadian major junior ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for the university of Alberta and is a former prospect for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
  
   (born 1989), Canadian hockey player
• Linden Soles, former CNN anchor
• Linden Travers
  Linden Travers
  -Life and career:Travers was born Florence Lindon-Travers in Houghton-le-Spring, near Sunderland, the daughter of Florence and William Halton Lindon-Travers. She was the elder sister of Bill Travers, and attended La Sagesse. She made her first stage appearance at the Newcastle Playhouse in 1933...
  
   (1913–2001), English actress
• Linden Wolbert, professional underwater model who performs as a "mermaid
  Mermaid
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See also

• Linden (surname)
  Linden (surname)
  Linden is a surname commonly of Dutch, English, German, and Swedish origin. Linden may refer to:-People:*Alan Linden , Australian athlete in Australian Rules football*Allen Linden , Canadian jurist...
  
  
• Linden (disambiguation)
• Lyndon
  Lyndon
  Lyndon may refer to a place name or a personal or institutional name.Place name: derived from Old English lind and dun -Places:United Kingdom*Lyndon, Plymouth*Lyndon, Rutland*Lyndon, West Midlands...