Lynne

Where Lynne comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Lynne.

  • Vowel-ended
Lynne through the years
  1. 1907
    First appearance
    #1,512 among girls with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1941
    Lynne Cheney born
    Second Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009
  3. 1951
    Peak, #144
    2,221 babies named Lynne, its best rank.
  4. 1967
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #256.
  5. 1969
    Lynne Ramsay born
    Scottish film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of common usage, variant of Lynn.
Namesakes
  • Lynne Cheney · Second Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009, born 1941
  • Lynne Ramsay · Scottish film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer, born 1969
  • Lynne Thigpen · American actress, 1948–2003
  • Lynne Cox · American swimmer, born 1957
  • Lynne Frederick · British actress, 1954–1994

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.