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Lin

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Script: Latin
Compound status: Unknown
In this record: Relationships: 5 · observations: 17

Candidate data 1.0.0-rc.1. Unknown values have not been filled with guesses.

Language information

Dictionary information and other contexts are kept separate. A statistical territory does not establish the language of a name; a classification does not determine a person's gender.

Dictionary contexts

None provided for this spelling in this version.

Other contexts

Language	Gender in source	Basis	Evidence
Chinese	Not specified	Usage evidence	Evidence Language: Chinese. Source category: Not specified. Basis: Usage evidence. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "usage_evidence", "context_id": "ctx:05b610fb-bff6-52df-819a-36b978b39647", "country": null, "evidence_id": "ev:89ec2874-ed51-5b13-8466-cf1e5dd9b78a", "form_id": "frm:8f5e469b-8389-545e-aebc-e178745c7f70", "gender": "unknown", "language": "zh" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Not specified	Not specified	Source classification	Evidence Language: Not specified. Source category: Not specified. Basis: Source classification. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "source_classification", "context_id": "ctx:c9d6ff14-d9e4-521b-8f11-4b348aa33885", "country": null, "evidence_id": "ev:2a4f47df-b3d8-5e1b-998c-fcaca3ac6c37", "form_id": "frm:8f5e469b-8389-545e-aebc-e178745c7f70", "gender": "unisex", "language": null } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Not specified	Female	Birth statistics	Evidence Language: Not specified. Source category: Female. Basis: Birth statistics. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "official_birth_statistics", "context_id": "ctx:1509059d-4b9a-56e8-a686-7adc5cd25d0e", "country": "DE", "evidence_id": "ev:bb842d20-5838-5eab-848f-ee98cf1f407b", "form_id": "frm:8f5e469b-8389-545e-aebc-e178745c7f70", "gender": "female", "language": null } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Not specified	Male	Birth statistics	Evidence Language: Not specified. Source category: Male. Basis: Birth statistics. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "official_birth_statistics", "context_id": "ctx:3fb4efa0-654a-5de1-a819-9a3b927f7312", "country": "DE", "evidence_id": "ev:ebf7821c-cd41-5e1c-a5f8-d6a77adea958", "form_id": "frm:8f5e469b-8389-545e-aebc-e178745c7f70", "gender": "male", "language": null } All claims and sources — go to this entry →

Related spellings

Every relationship has a direction and type. Source-reported equivalence does not imply universal interchangeability.

Relationships: 5

From	To	Type	Evidence
Lin	Linn	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:8021f533-de97-5ec1-9703-6e098d245bab", "from_form_id": "frm:8f5e469b-8389-545e-aebc-e178745c7f70", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:441755bb-08a0-5d6a-9116-0320118605c4", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:91296b51-841f-544d-8552-62ec72ad2d51" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Lin	Lyn	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:c409c6e6-fd48-5812-b404-08445cb8e8d0", "from_form_id": "frm:8f5e469b-8389-545e-aebc-e178745c7f70", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:740d32ce-f89c-5641-9b22-5d6e2401b2a0", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:4babbdaa-bae4-509a-96ae-7e68e98fb9dc" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Lin	Lina	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:b74195fb-29f4-5739-8871-831684eac4f0", "from_form_id": "frm:8f5e469b-8389-545e-aebc-e178745c7f70", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:57f505ad-0a81-5d8d-9905-9029d193b07a", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:398aebc8-a3b4-5486-8e82-a4e219433ad2" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Lin	Rín	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:a3d9787a-5da5-5a41-b7c5-cad524221690", "from_form_id": "frm:8f5e469b-8389-545e-aebc-e178745c7f70", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:d70a19bd-f2e7-5d36-a676-858dd6b6b276", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:e0f4cb28-3dd6-5a1e-af62-932ed43395e7" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Lin	Liin	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:1095f0a9-1d4e-533d-9840-3ad641a91187", "from_form_id": "frm:8f5e469b-8389-545e-aebc-e178745c7f70", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:b9bb96ab-ccd4-5e98-a0c4-601d7d59f45d", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:53ba1846-59fe-5a56-955f-ae670721c180" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →

Usage in statistics

Series differ in coverage and counting units. Values cannot be added together to measure global popularity.

SeriesObservations shown: 17

Territory	Year	Category	Name position	Count
United States	2025	Female	Not available	7
Germany	2023	Female	Not available	2
England and Wales	2025	Female	Not available	3
Cologne	2022	Female	1	2
Cologne	2010	Female	Not available	4
Cologne	2011	Female	Not available	2
Cologne	2012	Male	Not available	1
Cologne	2014	Male	Not available	1
Cologne	2015	Female	Not available	2
Cologne	2016	Female	Not available	4
Cologne	2017	Female	Not available	3
Cologne	2018	Female	Not available	1
Cologne	2018	Female	Not available	1
Cologne	2019	Female	1	1
Cologne	2019	Female	2	1
Cologne	2021	Female	2	2
Cologne	2021	Female	1	1

An unspecified position is not treated as first position. Full counting units, methods and qualifications are preserved in the original data.

Observation technical details

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Usage context: Chinese · Not specified · Usage evidence

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Usage context: Not specified · Female · Birth statistics; Statistics: Cologne · 2022 · Female · count: 2 · name position: 1

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Usage context: Not specified · Male · Birth statistics; Statistics: Cologne · 2012 · Male · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Relationship «Lin → Linn»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Lin → Lyn»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Lin → Lina»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Lin → Rín»: Source-reported equivalence

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Statistics: Cologne · 2010 · Female · count: 4 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2011 · Female · count: 2 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2014 · Male · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2015 · Female · count: 2 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2016 · Female · count: 4 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2017 · Female · count: 3 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2018 · Female · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2018 · Female · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2019 · Female · count: 1 · name position: 1

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Statistics: Cologne · 2019 · Female · count: 1 · name position: 2

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Statistics: Cologne · 2021 · Female · count: 2 · name position: 2

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Statistics: Cologne · 2021 · Female · count: 1 · name position: 1

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