Lyn

Where Lyn comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Lyn.

Lyn through the years
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #2,900 among girls with 9 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1924
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1947
    Lyn St. James born
    American race car driver
  4. 1948
    Lyn Collins born
    American musician
  5. 1953
    Peak, #533
    261 babies named Lyn, its best rank.
  6. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #934.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Lyn Collins · American musician, 1948–2005
  • Lyn St. James · American race car driver, born 1947
  • Lyn Evans · Welsh physicist, born 1945
  • Lyn Lemaire · American triathlete, born 1951
  • Lyn Murray · English-born American composer of music for radio, film and television, 1909–1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.