Lynn Forename
1,310th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 726,943 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland
Lynn Forename Definition:
Occasionally LYN. As in Lynn O’Doyle, the Irish short-story writer. (Of geographical origin?)
Lynn Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 87% | 488,961 | 1:741 | 145 |
| England | 100% | 71,863 | 1:774 | 176 |
| Canada | 100% | 57,080 | 1:580 | 122 |
| Myanmar | - | 33,077 | 1:1,571 | 138 |
| Scotland | 100% | 12,111 | 1:442 | 99 |
| South Africa | 98% | 8,751 | 1:6,232 | 1,172 |
| Kenya | 100% | 8,455 | 1:5,477 | 849 |
| New Zealand | - | 5,847 | 1:776 | 180 |
| Australia | - | 5,702 | 1:2,395 | 420 |
| Philippines | 98% | 4,641 | 1:22,842 | 2,258 |
| China | - | 2,991 | 1:456,722 | 25,073 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,744 | 1:6,160 | 887 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2,684 | 1:4,281 | 698 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,365 | 1:1,308 | 283 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,662 | 1:1,109 | 223 |
| Ireland | 95% | 1,606 | 1:2,891 | 371 |
| Singapore | 94% | 1,242 | 1:5,062 | 845 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 874 | 1:35,255 | 4,434 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 807 | 1:10,102 | 1,007 |
| Thailand | 84% | 721 | 1:97,179 | 8,305 |
| Ghana | - | 674 | 1:40,039 | 2,307 |
| Malaysia | 93% | 658 | 1:46,277 | 3,879 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 562 | 1:18,561 | 1,788 |
| Germany | 100% | 505 | 1:191,441 | 3,023 |
| Malawi | 82% | 487 | 1:35,138 | 2,639 |
| Zimbabwe | 96% | 463 | 1:33,313 | 3,240 |
| Nigeria | 82% | 439 | 1:404,475 | 13,593 |
| France | 100% | 400 | 1:166,176 | 2,951 |
| Zambia | - | 372 | 1:42,620 | 2,840 |
| Egypt | 100% | 369 | 1:249,054 | 8,446 |
| Gabon | - | 361 | 1:5,217 | 1,029 |
| Sweden | 100% | 303 | 1:32,534 | 1,964 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 297 | 1:1,899 | 312 |
| Spain | 100% | 274 | 1:169,817 | 3,763 |
| Uganda | 91% | 270 | 1:151,692 | 5,889 |
| Haiti | 100% | 260 | 1:41,258 | 2,855 |
| Bahamas | - | 259 | 1:1,542 | 366 |
| Qatar | 93% | 220 | 1:10,771 | 1,749 |
| Portugal | - | 212 | 1:49,108 | 1,712 |
| Bahrain | - | 207 | 1:6,515 | 1,046 |
| Peru | 69% | 203 | 1:156,608 | 4,594 |
| Fiji | - | 201 | 1:4,440 | 1,122 |
| India | 69% | 197 | 1:6,166,893 | 219,324 |
| Poland | 100% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 182 | 1:39,297 | 3,674 |
| Brazil | 100% | 177 | 1:1,210,374 | 29,893 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 177 | 1:46,404 | 2,125 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 162 | 1:8,404 | 1,298 |
| Swaziland | - | 154 | 1:8,443 | 1,221 |
| Norway | 100% | 150 | 1:34,216 | 1,652 |
| Mexico | 86% | 131 | 1:947,667 | 7,899 |
| Hong Kong | - | 121 | 1:64,072 | 2,600 |
| Japan | - | 114 | 1:1,122,685 | 15,714 |
| Kuwait | - | 114 | 1:33,204 | 3,097 |
| Malta | - | 114 | 1:3,766 | 577 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 107 | 1:479 | 29 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 97 | 1:955 | 234 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 94 | 1:321,297 | 9,936 |
| Bermuda | - | 90 | 1:720 | 145 |
| Micronesia | - | 88 | 1:1,210 | 182 |
| Panama | 100% | 80 | 1:48,832 | 3,293 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 79 | 1:44,941 | 1,325 |
| Ecuador | - | 77 | 1:230,220 | 3,701 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 77 | 1:308,697 | 22,305 |
| Guam | - | 73 | 1:2,201 | 474 |
| Israel | - | 71 | 1:118,351 | 4,732 |
| Jersey | 100% | 69 | 1:1,449 | 303 |
| Guernsey | - | 68 | 1:931 | 201 |
| South Korea | - | 67 | 1:82,753 | 4,538 |
| Italy | 98% | 64 | 1:954,095 | 8,381 |
| Barbados | - | 63 | 1:4,600 | 728 |
| Botswana | 100% | 63 | 1:34,674 | 3,690 |
| Guyana | 100% | 58 | 1:13,160 | 1,854 |
| Denmark | - | 57 | 1:99,114 | 2,869 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 52 | 1:2,111 | 427 |
| Cameroon | 99% | 50 | 1:432,210 | 14,577 |
| Chile | 82% | 50 | 1:352,144 | 4,999 |
| Namibia | - | 49 | 1:49,065 | 3,078 |
| Greece | 100% | 48 | 1:227,803 | 4,386 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 44 | 1:19,797 | 1,296 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 44 | 1:2,105,071 | 3,174 |
| Indonesia | - | 41 | 1:6,291,797 | 232,044 |
| Saint Lucia | 79% | 36 | 1:4,939 | 825 |
| Liberia | 56% | 32 | 1:137,877 | 5,438 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 32 | 1:1,708 | 366 |
| Jamaica | - | 28 | 1:102,972 | 4,346 |
| Finland | 90% | 27 | 1:203,081 | 3,450 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 27 | 1:21,517 | 1,702 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 27 | 1:1,955,123 | 21,944 |
| Belize | 100% | 25 | 1:14,172 | 1,847 |
| Mozambique | - | 25 | 1:1,089,734 | 1,713 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 23 | 1:4,322 | 830 |
| Colombia | 100% | 23 | 1:2,077,345 | 17,160 |
| Cambodia | 67% | 22 | 1:739,697 | 13,291 |
| French Polynesia | - | 22 | 1:12,632 | 1,507 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 21 | 1:1,098,854 | 31,525 |
| Austria | 100% | 19 | 1:448,116 | 4,416 |
| Costa Rica | 93% | 17 | 1:280,468 | 5,518 |
| Estonia | 100% | 17 | 1:77,375 | 3,612 |
| Russia | 100% | 17 | 1:8,484,336 | 34,226 |
| Angola | - | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Honduras | 100% | 15 | 1:587,831 | 8,292 |
| Syria | - | 15 | 1:1,287,072 | 3,396 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Nicaragua | 60% | 13 | 1:462,949 | 8,230 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 12 | 1:2,718,626 | 20,989 |
| Turkey | 100% | 12 | 1:6,483,476 | 25,958 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:2,841 | 595 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 11 | 1:5,573 | 911 |
| Congo | 77% | 11 | 1:455,382 | 8,101 |
| Czechia | 92% | 11 | 1:968,742 | 3,396 |
| Grenada | 100% | 10 | 1:10,812 | 1,335 |
| Nauru | 100% | 10 | 1:1,193 | 190 |
| Oman | - | 10 | 1:410,867 | 4,770 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Argentina | 80% | 9 | 1:4,752,583 | 12,276 |
| Lebanon | 50% | 9 | 1:625,286 | 7,004 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Tonga | - | 9 | 1:11,937 | 236 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 8 | 1:79,322 | 2,544 |
| Georgia | - | 7 | 1:534,067 | 9,579 |
| Guatemala | - | 7 | 1:2,301,204 | 6,153 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 7 | 1:351,251 | 4,834 |
| Cuba | - | 5 | 1:2,301,310 | 5,387 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| El Salvador | - | 5 | 1:1,268,357 | 7,255 |
| Mauritius | - | 5 | 1:259,557 | 4,811 |
| Romania | - | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Yemen | - | 5 | 1:5,259,350 | 4,986 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Monaco | 100% | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Nepal | - | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Albania | - | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 3 | 1:6,126,490 | 60,119 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
Lynn (115,976) may also be a surname.
Lynn Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Occasionally LYN. As in Lynn O’Doyle, the Irish short-story writer. (Of geographical origin?)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Lynn Forename Popularity
Lynn Demographics
Lynn Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 110,360 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Llynn | 89 | 84 | / |
| Lhynn | 89 | 35 | / |
| Lyonn | 89 | 23 | / |
| Hlynn | 89 | 22 | / |
| Lynnn | 89 | 8 | / |
| Lynnh | 89 | 5 | / |
| Lyhnn | 89 | 3 | / |
| Lymnn | 89 | 2 | / |
| Lynnq | 89 | 2 | / |
| Lyn | 86 | 117,220 | / |
| Lnn | 86 | 5 | / |
| D'Lynn | 80 | 49 | / |
| Lynnth | 80 | 5 | / |
| Lynnne | 80 | 4 | / |
| Lynn'e | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hlynne | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ly'nne | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lynnzz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lynnhe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lyhnne | 80 | 1 | / |
| Linn | 75 | 46,235 | / |
| Lyna | 75 | 28,473 | / |
| Lyon | 75 | 2,096 | / |
| Lenn | 75 | 1,762 | / |
| Lhyn | 75 | 219 | / |
| Llyn | 75 | 213 | / |
| Lyhn | 75 | 37 | / |
| Lnne | 75 | 11 | / |
| Hlyn | 75 | 7 | / |
| Lnnc | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lhnn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lnnn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lnng | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lønn | 75 | 1 | / |
| D'lynne | 73 | 8 | / |
| Geelynn | 73 | 6 | / |
| Lynnova | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lynn'th | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ln | 67 | 1,775 | / |
| Lenne | 67 | 1,119 | / |
| Linne | 67 | 1,002 | / |
| Glinn | 67 | 100 | / |
| Lønne | 67 | 37 | / |
| Llyna | 67 | 18 | / |
| Lhenn | 67 | 15 | / |
| Lienn | 67 | 14 | / |
| D'Lyn | 67 | 14 | / |
| Lionn | 67 | 13 | / |
| Linng | 67 | 12 | / |
| Llyon | 67 | 8 | / |
| Luenn | 67 | 7 | / |
| Leenn | 67 | 6 | / |
| Linnh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lynck | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lennt | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lenìn | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lynth | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lyntt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Loenn | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lihnn | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lhinn | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lenng | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hlyng | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lwnnw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Linnd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Llenn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Llinn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gliyn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hlenn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lyndd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lönnå | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lynzz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Llnnc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Llnne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Linnn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lennh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laenn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luinn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lllyn | 67 | 1 | / |
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lynn