Details for the forename Lynette

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Lynette (female)


Diminutive(s):	Lin (F) Lyn (F) Lynn (F) Lynne (F)
Derivative of:	Lynn (F)
Lesser Synonym(s):	Eluned (F)
Can be spelt:	Linnet (F) Linnette (F) Lynnette (F)

Source(s):	"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	English. 1. Whyte suggests Lynette is from Middle French "idol" or "icon". 2. ONC says that modern use is an extension of Lynn by the addition of the French female ending -ette. Lynn is now also a diminutive of Lynette 3. ONC also notes that Tennyson used it much earlier in Idylls of the King when it was an undefined derivation of a Celtic original. However a tenuous connection is given to Eluned [q.v. for additional notes]. See also Linnet and Linnette