Etymology

Lynette

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Today it means: A female given name from Welsh. Full definition →

Welsh Eluned
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  1. Welsh · derived fromEluned
  2. English todayLynette

Anglicized form of Welsh Eluned, first used by Tennyson in the Idylls of the King(1859-85), altered by folk etymology to be Lynn + -ette.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.