Linn

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Type Surname (from location)

Pronounced Pron. LIN [key]

Meaning & History

Variant of Lyne or Lynn.

Added 9/11/2014 by Goweegie2
Edited 11/7/2024 by jocatchi, Mike C and Goweegie2

Type Surname (from given name)

Usage Irish

Variant of Lynn.

Added 11/7/2024 by jocatchi

Type Surname (from location)

Toponymic surname derived from Germanic lin "swamp, bog, marsh".

Added 11/7/2024 by jocatchi

Type Surname (from given name)

Derived from the given name Linto, a short form of names containing the element lind "soft, flexible".

Added 11/7/2024 by jocatchi

Type Surname (from occupation & from nickname)

Derived from the Slavic word lin "tench (fish)", a nickname for a fisherman, or for a person who somehow resembled a tench.

Added 11/7/2024 by jocatchi

Type Surname (from location)

Anglicized form of Linna, or a like-sounding surname.

Added 11/7/2024 by jocatchi

Type Surname (from location)

Means "city" in Estonian. Compare Finnish Linna "castle".

Added 11/7/2024 by jocatchi