Lynn

Alternative forms

• (female name) Lyn, Lynne

Origin

From place names in Norfolk and Scotland, Scottish Gaelic linne ("stream, pool") or from corresponding Old English/ words.

• The female name is used as a fanciful spelling variant of Lyn, shortened from the common -lyn/-line ending of women's names , as in Carolyn, Evelyn, Gwendolyn.

Full definition of Lynn

Proper noun

1. Any of several place names (outside Britain named for persons with the surname).
1. A town in Alabama.
2. A town in Arkansas.
3. A town in Indiana.
4. A city in Massachusetts.
5. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
6. A town in Wisconsin.
7. A community in Nova Scotia.
2. usually appearing as a middle name.
3. , popular as a middle name.