Lynn

lynn -lynn English Alternative forms female name en Lyn Lynne Pronunciation en /lɪn/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-Lynn.wav US en lin en ɪn 1 Proper noun ~ en colloquial A local name for en King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. IV V King Edward. But whither shall we then?Hastings. To Lynn, my lord; and ship from thence to Flanders. en English habitational Welshen surnames from Old English, from King's Lynn in Norfolk, from en cy llyn lake or en ang lean reward implying land tenure. en Scottish habitational Scottish Gaelic, from en gd linne firth; pond, pool; waterfall. en German, an anglicization of Lind. en Irish, a variant of Flynn. en male surnames, usually used as a middle name. en female surnames, popular as a middle name. en female Lyn, popular as a middle name. en number of places c/USA: en town co/Winston County s/Alabama. en town co/Lawrence County s/Arkansas. en former settlement co/Alameda County s/California ; named for the city in Massachusetts. en town twp:Suf/Washington co/Randolph County s/Indiana. en city co/Essex County s/Massachusetts ; named for King's Lynn, Norfolk. TopoZone: Lynn, Massachusetts en unincorporated community co/Morrill County s/Nebraska. en unincorporated community co/Box Elder County s/Utah ; named for founder John Lind. en unincorporated community co/Mingo County s/West Virginia. en town co/Clark County s/Wisconsin. en Virginia Beach ; Lynnhaven section of Virginia Beach, VA. en A number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Lynn Township. en community co/Colchester County p/Nova Scotia c/Canada. en river p/Ontario flowing from the town of Simcoe into Lake Erie. Quotations en 1989 w:Ann Richards; Peter Knobler Straight from the Heart: My Life in Politics and Other Places Simon and Schuster 0671680730 91 David's father's name was Leon, and those people who didn't call him Dick called him Lynn. And I loved my former professor Ralph Lynn, so I named my baby Lynn Cecile. en 2007 Susan Richards Shreve Warm Springs: Traces of a Childhood at FDR's Polio Haven Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 061865853X 67 He called me Mary because I had told him my middle name was Mary and I was called by that name at home, although my middle name was Lynn. But neither Susan or Lynn seemed right for a Quaker girl converting to Catholicism. Derived terms en Adalynn Amberlynn Avalynn Cora Lynn East Lynn Emberlynn Emmalynn Gracelynn Lynette Lynn County Lynn Lake Lynnfield Madelynn Sherrilynn West Lynn See also en King's Lynn, en Bishop's Lynn en New Lynn en South Lynn References en diminutives of female given names unisex given names