lin

Meanings

1. To desist, to stop, to cease.

1. Alternative spelling of linn.

1. Alternative form of line (“flax, linen”).

1. A male or female given name.
2. A surname

1. A surname from Chinese, equivalent to English Forest, Woods, or Grove
2. A surname from Mandarin
3. A surname from Gan
4. A surname from Wu
5. A surname from Xiang

1. A county of Lüliang, Shanxi, China.

Etymology

From Middle English linnen, from Old English linnan (“to cease from, desist, lose, yield up”), from Proto-West Germanic *linnan, from Proto-Germanic *linnaną (“to turn, move aside, avoid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to elude, avoid, shrink from”). Cognate with Danish linne (“to stop, rest”), dialectal Swedish linna (“to pause, rest”), Icelandic linna (“to stop, rest”).