Lyn
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Alternative form of linn (“waterfall”)
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ʎɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Lyn is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Singapore it is the 12th most common given name.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 3.9K(inferred from the name graph)
- VNVietnam≈1 in 198as Lan
- DKDenmark1 in 344as Line
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Lyn itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #84 (measured from records)
- 7 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 617 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,600,000 named Lynn, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Lynn in US United States, GB United Kingdom, SG Singapore and 3 more, Celine in FR France, NO Norway and Lan in VN Vietnam.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Alternative form of linn (“waterfall”).
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lyn counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈1,600,000 est. | ≈1 in 886 | — | Lynn | 140 |
| VN Vietnam | #38 | ≈500,000 est. | ≈1 in 198 | listed | Lan | 217 |
| US United States | #41 | 193,296as Lynn | 1 in 1.7K | 164K | Lynn | 617 |
| FR France | #30 | ≈170,000 est. | ≈1 in 407 | 239K | Celine | 402 |
| GB United Kingdom | #60 | ≈78,000 est. | ≈1 in 840 | 77 | Lynn | 283 |
| PH Philippines | #89 | ≈28,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.9K | — | Lyn | 137 |
| DK Denmark | #363 | 17,062as Line | 1 in 344 | 17K | Lynn | 73 |
| NO Norway | #593 | 10,043as Line | 1 in 544 | 34K | Celine | 65 |
| IE Ireland | #33 | ≈6,600 est. | ≈1 in 784 | — | Lynn | 109 |
| SG Singapore | #12 | ≈6,300 est. | ≈1 in 984 | — | Lynn | 129 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Lyn is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
probably an altered form of Dutch van der Li(j)n (see Vanderlinden 3).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
unexplained.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
1 (m.) Welsh: short form of LLEWELLYN. 2 (f.) English: variant of LYNN . Top
as a word
ISO 639-3 language code for Luyana.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Welsh, soft mutation of glyn
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Lyn Hardingb. 1867GBBritish actor (1867-1952)
- Lyn Murrayb. 1909GBEnglish-born American composer of music for radio, film and television (1909–1989)
- Lyn Ashleyb. 1940AUAustralian actress
- Janis Joplinb. 1943USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer (1943–1970)
- Lyn Evansb. 1945GBWelsh physicist
- Lyn Collinsb. 1948USAmerican musician (1948–2005)
- Sunita Williamsb. 1965USnot in their usual nameAmerican astronaut and USN officer
- Anastaciab. 1968USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer
- Tara Strongb. 1973CAnot in their usual nameCanadian-American actress
- Kate Lyn Sheilb. 1985USAmerican actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 63 sources across 34 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 7.7K | #2,681 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.1K | #2,681 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 46 | #12,402 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 11 | #7,268 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1994 | 7 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 1998 | 3 | #664 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 3 | #12,852 |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2009 | — | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Lyn mean, and where does it come from?
- Alternative form of linn (“waterfall”). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Lyn?
- In the etymology graph, Linda, Lynne and Lindy are forms of the same name in other languages; Lynette, Lynnette and Linette are recorded short or pet forms.
- In which country does Lyn have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.6 million people named Lynn in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- How do you pronounce Lyn?
- A machine transcription gives /ʎɪn/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Lyn a male or female name?
- Lyn is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Lyn?
- In the United States, the national register counted 193,296 people named Lynn in 2020, about 1 in 1.7 thousand residents.
- How common is Lyn compared with other names?
- In Singapore, Lyn is the 12th most common given name of 52,448 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Lyn?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lynThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lyn” — the 12th most common given name in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.