Lynn

alternative Lyn · alternative Lynne

1. colloquialA local name for King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.

   King Edward. But whither shall we then? Hastings. To Lynn, my lord; and ship from thence to Flanders.

   c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]

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.
9. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A town in Winston County, Alabama.
   2. A town in Lawrence County, Arkansas.
   3. A former settlement in Alameda County, California; named for the city in Massachusetts.
   4. A town in Washington Township, Randolph County, Indiana.
   5. A city in Essex County, Massachusetts; named for King's Lynn, Norfolk.
   6. An unincorporated community in Morrill County, Nebraska.
   7. An unincorporated community in Box Elder County, Utah; named for founder John Lind.
   8. An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
   9. A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
   10. A Virginia Beach; Lynnhaven section of Virginia Beach, VA.
   11. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Lynn Township.
10. A community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
11. A river in Ontario, flowing from the town of Simcoe into Lake Erie.