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Girl name Welsh origin Christian tradition

Lynn

LIN · 4 letters · 1 syllables
What it means
Lake or pool, from Welsh llyn
Language
Welsh
Culture
Welsh;English
Religion
Christian
Style era
modern
Themes
Welsh · short
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#2804
2024 births60
Peak year1956
First appeared1880
Total US births182,316
1956 peak18801916195219882024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
LynLynnie
Alternate spellings
LynneLinLyn
In other languages
Lin (Welsh)

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Notable people named Lynn

Lynn Whitfield (actress)
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Lynn Cohen (actress)
Lynn Westmoreland (politician
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