Surname
For notable people with this surname, see Lynn (surname) and Lynne (surname).It has a number of separate derivations:
- A locational surname from any of a number of places in England, the place name in turn derived from old Celtic lenna (meaning pool or lake).
- A locational surname in Scotland, the place name derived from Scots Gaelic meaning water feature or pool.
- A surname derived from an Old Gaelic personal name in the north of Ireland, originally O' Fhloinn, later O' Loinn, O' Lynn and Lynn. {See also the surnames Flynn and O'Flynn.}
The earliest recorded instance of the surname is Aedricus de Lenna of King's Lynn (1177).
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