Behind the Name: Comments for the name Lynn

Comments for LYNN:

Lynn is not just a Welsh term, but also Scottish and Irish. In Scottish placenames Linn can refer to a waterfall as well as a pool.

-- reniannen17 7/29/2006

I don't know about "linn" meaning "waterfall" in Scotland and Ireland, but it does indeed mean "pool"; hence Dublin's original Gaelic name "Dubh Linn" (DOOV linn), meaning "Black Pool". "Linn" also means "age" (as in a period of time) or "era" in Irish and Scots Gaelic.

-- gaelruadh19 8/17/2006

Lynn may come from the Irish Gaelic name "Flynn," which means ruddy-complected.

-- sarahj 3/9/2007

Possibly a shortened form of Lyndsay.

-- tessareea1 6/16/2010

The name Lynn also is short for Linda, which in Spanish is the word for "Beautiful".

-- CalypsoG 12/17/2010

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