Flynn

FLIN

Irish

"descendant of the red-haired one"

Flynn Origin and Meaning

The name Flynn is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "descendant of the red-haired one".

Flynn, a charming Irish surname, is still used only quietly, despite its easygoing, casual cowboy charm, unlike Finn which is a star of this genre. Flynn was the choice of Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr for their baby boy, and is also the middle name -- used as his first -- of a son of Miranda's fellow supermodel Elle Macpherson, of Gary Oldman's son Gulliver and Marley Shelton's daughter West.

Flynn Rider (born Eugene Fitzherbert) is the dashing animated hero of the Disney film "Tangled." On TV's "Breaking Bad", Flynn was what young Walter Jr. tried to rename himself. The name was long associated with the swashbuckling Errol Flynn, inspiration of the phrase "in like Flynn." Some may connect this name to controversial former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn

Flynn entered the U.S. Top 1000 in 2011, and is a highly popular choice in Australia and New Zealand.

Flynn Rank in US Top 1000

# 781 in the US

Flynn Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 177 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Flynn

• 781 US 2023
• 177 Nameberry 2025
• 361 Future 2028
• 207 England 2023
• 119 Scotland 2024
• 70 Australia 2023
• 89 New Zealand 2022
• 437 Germany 2016

20 Names Similar to Flynn

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• Rhys
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Famous People Named Flynn

• Flynn Zachariah Bogue (b. 2012) son of actors Mandy Bruno and Robert Bogue
• Flynn Gower Australian singer of band Cog
• Flynn Morrison American child actor
• Flynn Downes English footballer
• Flynn McGarry American teen chef
• Flynn Adam (Atkins) American rapper of LA Symphony
• Flynn Earl Jones (b. 1983) son of actors James Earl Jones and Cecilia Hart
• Flynn Nichols (b. 1991) son of ice hockey player Bernie Nichols; twin of sister McKenna
• (Arpad) Flynn Alexander Busson (b. 1998) son of model Elle MacPherson and Arpad Busson
• Flynn Alexander Baxter (b. 2008) son of actress Victoria Smurfit and Douglas Baxter
• Flynn Nolan (b. 2010) son of novelist Gillian Flynn and Brett Nolan
• Flynn Christopher Blanchard Copeland Bloom (b. 2011) son of model Miranda Kerr and actor Orlando Bloom
• Errol Flynn American,Australian actor
• Flynn Davies (b. 2013) late son of actress Leigh Arnold and Steve Davies
• Flynn Roscoe Farrar (b. 2014) son of musician Sam Farrar of Phantom Planet
• Flynn Patrick Maguire (b. 2015) son of actor Sean Maguire
• Flynn Timothy Stocklin (b. 2018) son of youtuber Colleen Ballinger and actor Erik Stocklin
• Apollo Bowie Flynn Rossdale (b. 2014) son of singers Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale
• Flynn Maxwell Renna (b. 2017) son of actors Patrick and Jasmine Renna

The name Flynn in Pop Culture

• Flynn Rider aka Eugene Fitzherbert character in Disney's "Tangled"
• Flynn Jones character on TV's "Shake it Up"
• Flynn Carsen character in "The Librarian" movies
• Flynn Odair Son of Finnick Odair and Annie Cresta in The Hunger Games series
• Flynn nickname of Walter White Jr. on TV's "Breaking Bad"
• Flynn main character in Shin Megami Tensei IV
• Kevin and Sam Flynn characters in the Tron series
• Phineas Flynn character on animated series "Phineas and Ferb"
• Garcia Flynn main character on NBC's TV series 'Timeless'
• "Nosey" Flynn character in James Joyce's "Dubliners" and "Ulysses"