Lynwood
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning lake forest; from elements meaning wood and linden.
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outside the top 1000
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Lynwood by the numbers
Its American peak was 114 babies in 1935, making it a 1930s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lynwood. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Linwoodlinden wood; from Old English lind and wudu9 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a forest or wood
Like Lynwood, each of these has a forest or wood in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sawyerone who saws wood; woodcutter5,531 in the US (2017)
- Silasof the forest, woods3,309 in the US (2017)
- Lennoxelm grove or from the place of the elms1,200 in the US (2017)
- Emberglowing piece of coal or wood192 in England and Wales (2025)
- Henleyhigh wood or clearing670 in the US (2017)
- Keithforest; from gaelic cèith582 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lynwood
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