Linas
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the town in France, see Linas, Essonne.
Linas is a common given name among people of Lithuanian descent. Its female form is Lina.
Lina is a common European name and is the shortened version of names such as: Carolina, Melina, Angelina.
Lithuanian children are traditionally given one pagan name and one Christian name; thus Linas is the given pagan name, in honor of Linai, the name of the flax or linseed plant, from which linen is spun. Traditional Lithuanian folk clothing is made primarily of woven linen cloth as was all European cloth used in summer before synthetic fibers. The same Proto-Indo-European root lin- also appears in the words linseed oil and linoleum.
