Flynn
FLIN
Irish
"descendant of the red-haired one"
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Updated Wed Apr 23 2025
Flynn Origin and Meaning
The name Flynn is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "descendant of the red-haired one".
A winning last-name-first Celtic choice, Flynn is still mostly used for boys, such as the son of Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr. Though Flynn is definitely one of the Irish surname names, from Quinn to Flannery to Makenna, that makes one of the trendy boy names for girls".
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- Lara Flynn BoyleAmerican actress
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- Flynn Logancharacter from Timeless
- Tamika Flynncharacter from the podcast Welcome to Night Vale.
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