What is the meaning of the name Lynn?

The meaning of the name Lynn is "lake", "waterfall" or "pool", and probably would have been given to a family living near such a body of water. Sometimes used as a diminutive of Linda (Spanish) "pretty". The origin of the name is "Spanish". The name Lynn is mostly used as a girls name.

Right pronunciation of Lynn

\l(y)-nn\

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Lynn is a very popular first name for girls (#166) and also really popular as a last name (#862). Users of our site ranked the name with a 0.0 (0 vote(s)). Like or dislike the name by ranking this girls name above or write a comment on the name Lynn.

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The year 1956 was for Lynn a very good year. In that year there were 7738 births with the name Lynn. Find out if Lynn is in the top 100 girls names 1956 or check all top 100 names for any State in any year!

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