Lynnen

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lynnen by the numbers

Lynnen was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Lynnen

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lynnen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Lynnelake or soft; a form of Lynn or Linda13 in the US (2017)
  • Lynnex15 in the US (2017)
  • Lynnea14 in the US (2017)
  • Lynnon6 in the US (2017)
  • Lennonsmall cloak or garment; surname used as given name1,084 in the US (2017)
  • Linnealinden tree; named after Carl Linnaeus153 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Lynnen

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