Lynn
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning lake or pool.
Lynn by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Lynn. In the US, 108 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 7,735 babies in 1956, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Names that come from Lynn
Forms of Lynn in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Gracelynnelegant favour and grace; combination of Grace and Lynn835 in the US (2017)
- Emmalynwhole and beloved; a blended form of Emma and Lynn644 in the US (2017)
- Emmalynnwhole, universal; combination of Emma and Lynn302 in the US (2017)
- Lynleelake clearing; a modern form of Lindley or Lynn with Lee suffix118 in the US (2017)
- Emalynwhole and beloved; a blended form of Emma and Lynn103 in the US (2017)
- Annalynngrace; a blend of Anna and Lynn suffixes75 in the US (2017)
- Emalynnwhole, universal and beloved; a blended form of Emma and Lynn69 in the US (2017)
- Lynnleelake; a form of Lynn with Lee suffix63 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lynn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Lynn
Names that are said the same way as Lynn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Lingraceful, beautiful; or form of Linden3 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Lynn
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