Līnis

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Karpveidīgo zivju kārtas karpu dzimtas suga ("Tinca tinca", senāk "Tinca vulgaris"), dzīvo ezeros vai lēni tekošās upēs, zivs ar tumši zaļu muguru un tumši violetām spurām; parasti garums ~30 cm, masa

Līnis is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Latvia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • LVLatvia≈1 in 21K(inferred from the name graph)
  • BRBrazil1 in 2.6M
  • PLPoland1 in 19M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Latvia (inferred from the name graph)

≈88 people, est.

Sources
6 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 21K (inferred from the name graph)

Latvia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Latvian

Karpveidīgo zivju kārtas karpu dzimtas suga ("Tinca tinca", senāk "Tinca vulgaris"), dzīvo ezeros vai lēni tekošās upēs, zivs ar tumši zaļu muguru un tumši violetām spurām; parasti garums ~30 cm, masa ~500 g

Sources 1

  • Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Līnis counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Līnis is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
LV Latvia≈88 est.≈1 in 21K—Līnis6
BR Brazil801 in 2.6M80——
PL Poland21 in 19M2——
GA Gabon——1——
GD Grenada——1——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative); Grenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Līnis is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Linis

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Linis

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Linis

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Līnis is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latvian, Lineāls

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Līniņš

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Līnis
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20262—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—2#354,374

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Līnis mean?
Recorded meaning: Karpveidīgo zivju kārtas karpu dzimtas suga ("Tinca tinca", senāk "Tinca vulgaris"), dzīvo ezeros vai lēni tekošās upēs, zivs ar tumši zaļu muguru un tumši violetām spurām; parasti garums ~30 cm, masa…
In which country does Līnis have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 88 people named Līnis in Latvia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled līnis.
How common is the name Līnis?
In Brazil, the national register counted 80 people named Līnis, about 1 in 2.6 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Līnis”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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