Lynn
proper noun
- place name
- given name
- family name
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /lɪn/
name
- A local name for King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.
“King Edward. But whither shall we then? Hastings. To Lynn, my lord; and ship from thence to Flanders.”
- An English habitational surname from Welsh, from King's Lynn in Norfolk, from Welsh llyn (“lake”) or Old English lean (“reward”, implying land tenure).
- A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic, from Scottish Gaelic linne (“firth; pond, pool; waterfall”).
- A surname from German, an anglicization of Lind.
- A surname from Irish, a variant of Flynn.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, usually used as a middle name.
- A female given name transferred from the surname, popular as a middle name.
- A female given name, variant of Lyn, popular as a middle name.
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- A community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A river in Ontario, flowing from the town of Simcoe into Lake Erie.