# Lynn

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /lɪn/ · frequency rank #8,818

## Definitions
1. A local name for King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.
2. An English habitational surname from Welsh, from King's Lynn in Norfolk, from Welsh llyn (“lake”) or Old English lean (“reward”, implying land tenure).
3. A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic, from Scottish Gaelic linne (“firth; pond, pool; waterfall”).
4. A surname from German, an anglicization of Lind.
5. A surname from Irish, a variant of Flynn.
6. A male given name transferred from the surname, usually used as a middle name.
7. A female given name transferred from the surname, popular as a middle name.
8. A female given name, variant of Lyn, popular as a middle name.
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20. A community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
21. A river in Ontario, flowing from the town of Simcoe into Lake Erie.

## Easily confused with
- **Lyon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lynn-vs-lyon)
- **lynx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lynn-vs-lynx)
- **lyra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lynn-vs-lyra)
- **lyre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lynn-vs-lyre)
- **Lyons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lynn-vs-lyons)
- **LN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ln-vs-lynn)
- **lin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lin-vs-lynn)
- **LAN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lan-vs-lynn)
- **Len** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/len-vs-lynn)
- **Lon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lon-vs-lynn)
- **lyn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lyn-vs-lynn)
- **lye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lye-vs-lynn)
- **lun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lun-vs-lynn)
- **long** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/long-vs-lynn)
- **line** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/line-vs-lynn)
- **land** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/land-vs-lynn)
- **link** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/link-vs-lynn)
- **loan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loan-vs-lynn)
- **lane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lane-vs-lynn)
- **lion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lion-vs-lynn)

## Common misspellings (4)
`llynn`, `lnyn`, `lyynn`, `ylnn`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lynn