Linus

I love this name!
Not too common, but yet not weird.
First namesake to come to my mind is Linus Pauling, only person to win two individual Nobel Prizes (and in Marie Curie's excellent company if we include Nobel Prizes won as part of a group).

It's a cute little name but too associated with the Peanuts character.

It sounds like Linux.

I really like this name. I don't mind the Peanuts connotations, since Linus is my favourite of the group anyways. It's a cute name, and unique, but not too weird.

Linus and Lucy from Charlie Brown, that's the first thing that comes to mind when I think about or hear this name. Anyways I like it, I think it is cute and short. I agree noisynora, emily, and Liesl!

I love Linus best from Peanuts! A cute little name!

Linus and Lucy from Charlie Brown.

Reminds me of Linux.

I think this name should be a lot of getting used to from this day onward.

When will it be popular in the US? Please don't say never, because it only had popularity in Sweden, but it never had a chance here or Canada. Shame for us.

I understand that the given name Linus was never as popular in the US as it had been in Europe, dominantly Sweden. But despite the connection to Charles Schulz's Peanuts character, I expect Linus to pave its way up to the top 10 names in the future, sometime during either the 2020s or later, joining in with Maverick and Liam. But take famous bearers such as Pope Linus, chemist Linus Pauling, and Sabres goalie Linus Ullmark into consideration.

The meaning isn't too impressive but it's still a great name!

Linus is the name we chose for our last little dumpling! More specifically, he is named after the Nobel Prize winning scientist, Linus Pauling. Hardly anyone has made a "Peanuts" reference.. Most of the time the only pop culture connection people make is with Linux :)

I like this name, I'm using it for my own son. I'm moving to Sweden when I'm older, so it's going to be pronounced the Swedish way, which I think sounds pretty. And by the time he's going to go to school, most of the kids probably won't even know what Peanuts is, lessening his chances for teasing.

I knew an adorable young boy with this name, and it's kind of grown on me since. I can see why the Peanuts connection would make some skeptical, but a lot of the little boy's peers hadn't even read the Peanuts comic strip, so they didn't tease him at all. Not sure if I'd use this name on my own son, but I think it's a great name regardless. :)

I think Linus is a great name, with a positive associate with Linus from Peanuts; a sweet, intellectual and trustworthy boy. I'd use it as a middle name, though, rather than a first name, because the association would inevitably lead to teasing and blanket jokes.

I can kind of understand why people don't like it. I don't find it very attractive in English either. But it's one of my FAVORITE names in German (LEE-nuws) I would definitely use this for a future son. I think it's adorable for a child, but ages well. And, I think, it's timeless.(:

I think it's a rather dashing and adorable name.

Love it! It's adorable for a little boy. For a man it sounds a bit dashing. I am surprised at the intensity with which some people dislike this name. I think the Peanuts association is a positive-- Linus was a sweet character! With the current trend of parents choosing unique names, I would not be surprised if a few people chose this name.

I personally find this name to be charming. I didn't make any connection to "Peanuts" at all.

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I don't understand the bad feelings toward this name. It's lovable, and not as "weird" or unheard of as other names ending in "us".

I don't care for this name. It will lead to teasing because of the Peanuts character, and I find Linus Torvalds to be quite annoying and nasty.

Very unappealing. The Peanuts character doesn't make it any better.

The only -us name that has me wanting to poke my eyes out. It's disgusting, affected and laughable.

This is such an unattractive name, in my humble opinion. It also reminds me of the word 'anus.'

I was fine with this name when I was younger, but now it grates on my ears (thanks to the obnoxious English pronunciation and the connection to "Peanuts"). This name will get a boy nothing but teasing and calls of "Where's your blanket?"