Comments for LIN:

I thought this was a variation of Lynn!

-- Anonymous User  7/13/2006

Yes, it can be a variant of Lynn, usually. It can also be a nickname for Linzee, Lindsay, Lindsey, Linda, and so on. It's very beautiful. I'm going to name my daughter in the future Linzee, nickname Lin.

-- JoeyForever  2/11/2007

It also means "sing" in Sindarin.

-- Anonymous User  5/9/2007

The name also means "quiet" in Romanian. It means "linen" in French and in Welsh. In Welsh it can also meen "knee" or "we meet."

-- Anonymous User  6/16/2007

You don't pronounce this name like you do with "Lynn." It's pronounced Leeng in Chinese.

-- JungKyungSoon  4/13/2008

The character "林" with two trees actually means a grove or a copse. (A single tree is "木") If you looked up "forest" in a Chinese dictionary, the character you would get is "森" with three trees. 木, 林, 森. Tree, grove, forest.

-- Dray  5/18/2008

My friend's name is Paulina and we call her Lin or Lina.

-- enchy  2/28/2009

It is said that the emperor of China gave this surname to a commoner out of gratitude. He was given this surname because he lived in hiding in the forest for five years.

-- tillia  5/6/2009

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