Details for the forename Lynn

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Lynn (female)


Diminutive for:	Lynette (F)
Pet Name for:	Belinda (F) Caroline (F) Carolyn (F) Gaylin (F) Lindsay (F)
Derivative(s):	Gaylin (F) Lynette (F) Marilyn (F) Marylyn (F)
Derivative of:	Caroline (F) Linda (F)
Can be spelt:	Lin (F) Lyn (F) Lynne (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	English, originally a diminutive of Linda or a pet name for a number of forenames containing the element "-lin-" or "-lyn-", some of which are listed, above. Now may be a given name in its own right.