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Help[Surname] Re: Origin of Surname Linn
in reply to a message by Heather
Check out the following links:
http://www.houseofnames.com/fc.asp?sId=&s=Linn
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/fact.aspx?&fid=10&fn=&ln=Linn
According to these links, the name is of German, Irish, and Scottish descent.
Andrew
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According to these links, the name is of German, Irish, and Scottish descent.
"You make being a nerd look cool."
-A quote about me, said by my friend Jamie
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As the family origin is Swedish, I'd suggest an old spelling of lind, "lime tree". That is the origin of the surname Linnaeus, Linn with a Latin ending.
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