Gender Unisex | Word/name Celtic | |
Meaning Pond, Waterfall, Pool, Lake Related names |
Lynn or Lynne is a surname and given name in English speaking countries.
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Surname
It has a number of separate derivations:
The earliest recorded instance of the surname is Aedricus de Lenna of King's Lynn (1177).
Given name
As a given name, Lynn is predominantly female. Now it is more popular as a middle name than as a first name. It is also popular as a suffix for female first names, such as Madalyn/Madalynn, Jocelyn/Jocelynn, Ashlyn/Ashlynn, Kaylynn and Emmalyn/Emmalynn. In the year 2013, only ninety girls were given the name Lynn in the United States (variant spellings not included), according to Social Security's "Beyond The Top 1000" name lists, available for download on their website.
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Male
Fictional characters named Lynn
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