Lynn

Diminutive of Linda or Welsh

"lake"

Lynn Origin and Meaning

Variation of Emmalynn

Lynn Rank in US Top 1000

# 933 in the US

Lynn Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 944 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Lynn

• 944 Nameberry 2026
• 996 Unique 2019
• 140 Germany 2016
• 34 Netherlands 2025
• 67 switzerland 2024

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Famous People Named Lynn

• Lynn Rene Anderson American country music singer
• Lynn Rachel Redgrave English actress
• Lillie Louise "Lynn" Fontanne British,American actress
• Lynn C. Woolsey U.S. Congresswoman from California
• Lynn Marie Berry American TV journalist
• Marilyn Lorraine "Lynn" Abbey American novelist
• (Viola) Lynn Collins American actress
• Lynn Whitfield American actress
• Lynn Elizabeth Flewelling American novelist
• Lynn Hilary Irish singer,songwriter of Celtic Woman and Anuna
• Lynn Hamilton American actress
• Jamie Lynn Sigler, American actress
• Jamie Lynn Spears American singer and actress
• Loretta Lynn American country music singer
• Lynn Painter American author

The name Lynn in Pop Culture

• Lynn character in the "Divergent" trilogy
• Lynn Robillard character on TV's "Criminal Minds"
• Lynn Holden character in movie "The Wrong Guy"
• Lynn Loud a character from the Nickelodeon cartoon "The Loud House"
• Lynn Valerie Lewis daughter of Inspector Robert Lewis on TV's "Lewis"
• Lynn Massachusetts, USA
• King's Lynn a town in Norfolk, Britain
• Lynn Farmer character in movie "Double, Double, Toil and Trouble"