Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lynn

/lɪn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables
lynn
IPA
/lɪn/
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
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Meaning

name

A local name for King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.

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name

An English habitational surname from Welsh, from King's Lynn in Norfolk, from Welsh llyn (“lake”) or Old English lean (“reward”, implying land tenure).

name

A surname from German, an anglicization of Lind.

name

A surname from Irish, a variant of Flynn.

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How do you pronounce lynn?
The recorded pronunciation is /lɪn/.
What does lynn mean?
A local name for King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.

How to pronounce lynn

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