Lynnette

Gender：
Pronounced： [ li-NET ]
Popularity：
Usage：English

Meaning & History：

Variant of LYNETTE.

LYNETTE female English

Form of LUNED first used by Alfred Lord Tennyson in his poem 'Gareth and Lynette' (1872). In modern times it is also regarded as a diminutive of LYNN.

LUNED female Welsh, Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Romance

Variant of ELUNED. In the Mabinogion, a collection of tales from Welsh myth, she is a servant of the Lady of the Fountain who rescues the knight Owain.

ELUNED female Welsh

Derived from Welsh eilun "image, idol". This was the name of a 5th-century Welsh saint.

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".

Names related to Lynnette：

FULL FORMS

ENGLISH: Linda, Lindy, Linnie, Lyn, Lynda, Lyndi, Lynn, Lynna, Lynne

EQUIVALENTS

ANCIENT GERMANIC: Linda, Linza

ARTHURIAN ROMANCE: Luned, Lunete

CZECH: Linda

DANISH: Linda

DUTCH: Linda

ENGLISH: Linette, Linnet, Linnette, Lynette

FINNISH: Linda

FRENCH: Linda

GERMAN: Linda

HUNGARIAN: Linda

ICELANDIC: Linda

ITALIAN: Linda

LATVIAN: Linda

NORWEGIAN: Linda, Linn

SLOVAK: Linda

SWEDISH: Linda, Linn

WELSH MYTHOLOGY: Luned, Lunete

WELSH: Eiluned, Eluned, Luned

MASCULINE FORMS

ENGLISH: Lynn