Definition of "Lynn"

Lynn

/lɪn/

proper noun
1. (colloquial) A local name for King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.
  Quotations
  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, [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 Alabama.
  2. A town in Arkansas.
  3. A former settlement in California; named for the city in Massachusetts.
  4. A town in Indiana.
  5. A city in Massachusetts; named for King's Lynn, Norfolk.
  6. An unincorporated community in Nebraska.
  7. An unincorporated community in Utah; named for founder John Lind.
  8. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
  9. A town in 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 Nova Scotia.
11. A river in Ontario, flowing from the town of Simcoe into Lake Erie.