Lynn

Meanings

1. A local name for King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.
2. An English habitational surname from Welsh, from King's Lynn in Norfolk, from Welsh llyn (“lake”) or Old English lean (“reward”, implying land tenure).
3. A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic, from Scottish Gaelic linne (“firth; pond, pool; waterfall”).
4. A surname from German, an anglicization of Lind.
5. A surname from Irish, a variant of Flynn.
6. A male given name transferred from the surname, usually used as a middle name.
7. A female given name transferred from the surname, popular as a middle name.
8. A female given name, variant of Lyn, popular as a middle name.
9. A number of places in the United States:
10. A town in Winston County, Alabama.
11. A town in Lawrence County, Arkansas.
12. A former settlement in Alameda County, California; named for the city in Massachusetts.