Linette as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Linette

What is the meaning of the name Linette ?

The baby name Linette is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /lɪˈnɛt/ or /liˈnɛt/ (lih-NET or lee-NET).

Linette is English, French in Origin.

Linette is a French-influenced spelling of Lynette, a name that ultimately descends from the Welsh Eluned (also Eiluned). Through Arthurian transmission, Eluned became Linet/Lynette in Middle English, with the -ette ending mirroring French diminutive style. The Welsh root eilun means "image, idol," so Linette carries the sense "little idol/little image." Some modern sources link it to Lynn "lake," reading "little lake," but this is generally viewed as a later folk etymology.

The form Linet appears in Malory's Le Morte Darthur, while related Lunete features in Chretien de Troyes, and Tennyson helped popularize Lynette in Victorian England. Linette enjoyed modest mid-20th-century use in Britain and the United States and occasional sightings in francophone countries. Variants and cognates include Lynette, Lynnette, Linet, Lynet, Eluned/Eiluned, and Lunete; related short forms are Lin, Lina, and Nettie.