Larinda
The Larinda is a recreational schooner inspired by the 1767 Boston schooner HMS Sultana. It was built over a period of twenty-six years in the backyard of its owner and launched in 1996. It sank during Hurricane Juan on September 29, 2003, was raised a month later and eventually returned to service.
Meaning & Origin of Larinda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The Larinda is a recreational schooner inspired by the 1767 Boston schooner HMS Sultana. It was built over a period of twenty-six years in the backyard of its owner and launched in 1996. It sank during Hurricane Juan on September 29, 2003, was raised a month later and eventually returned to service.
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Origin & history
The Story of Larinda
The earliest SSA record of Larinda as a baby girl name dates back to 1949, when 8 babies received it. 1971 was its biggest year on record, with 23 newborns named Larinda — #2,955 in the national rankings. About 30% of every Larinda on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Larinda last appeared in the published SSA data in 2006, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 525 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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About the name Larinda
Larinda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1949 and has accumulated 525 births in the dataset. Larinda's peak popularity came in 1971 when it ranked #2,955. Use the chart and map above to compare Larinda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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