Lynne

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Variant of LYNN.

LYNN   female & male   English
From an English surname which was derived from Welsh llyn "lake". Before the start of the 20th century it was primarily used for boys, but it has since come to be more common for girls. In some cases it may be thought of as a short form of LINDA or names that end in lyn or line.
LINDA   female   English, Dutch, German, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, French, Latvian, Finnish, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Ancient Germanic
Originally a medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element linde meaning "soft, tender". It also coincides with the Spanish and Portuguese word linda meaning "beautiful".
FULL FORMS
ENGLISH: Linda, Lynda
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Linda, Linza
CZECH: Linda
DANISH: Linda
DUTCH: Linda
ENGLISH: Lindy, Linnie, Lyn, Lyndi, Lynn, Lynna
FINNISH: Linda
FRENCH: Linda
GERMAN: Linda
HUNGARIAN: Linda
ICELANDIC: Linda
ITALIAN: Linda
LATVIAN: Linda
NORWEGIAN: Linda, Linn
SLOVAK: Linda
SWEDISH: Linda, Linn
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH: Linette, Linnet, Linnette, Lynette, Lynnette
MASCULINE FORMS
ENGLISH: Lynn