Lynette

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Lynette is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name51K records spelled Lynette11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, Mexico, Philippines

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Lunete, Lyñette, Lyñetté, Lÿnette

• Russian given name779 records spelled Lynette13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Canada

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Lynnette, Linette, Линетт, Linett

63 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Lynette is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• English: in modern use a derivative of LYNN , formed with the French feminine diminutive suffix - ette . However, this is not the origin for the name as used in Tennyson's Idylls of the King (1859–85), through which it first came to public attention. There, it represents an altered form of some Celtic original; cf. Welsh ELUNED . Variants: Lynnette, Lin(n)ette .

  as a word

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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 120 years between 1897–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Lynette Curranb. 1945AUAustralian actress
• Lynette Bellb. 1947AUAustralian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist
• Lynette Frommeb. 1948USattempted assassin of Gerald Ford (born 1948)
• Lynette Daviesb. 1948GBWelsh actress (1948-1993)
• Lyn McClementsb. 1951AUnot in their usual nameAustralian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist
• Sue Smithb. 1951AUnot in their usual nameAustralian politician
• Lynette Woodardb. 1959USAmerican basketball player (born 1959)
• Lynette Yiadom Boakyeb. 1977GBBritish artist (born 1977)
• Charlene Grimaldib. 1978ZAnot in their usual nameZimbabwean-South African former Olympic swimmer; wife of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
• Lynette Howell Taylorb. 1979GBAcademy Award nominee

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 558 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lynette?

We estimate roughly 38 thousand people bear Lynette (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Lynette have the most bearers?

Lynette is most frequently recorded in Australia, where it is most often spelled lynette.

Where is Lynette most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Lynette is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 1.1 thousand people — even though Australia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Lynette compared with other names?

In Australia, Lynette is the 217th most common given name of 197,734 given names recorded there.

Is Lynette a male or female name?

Lynette 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.

What does the name Lynette mean?

Recorded meaning: [h'net], (deutsch auch:) Lynett: aus dem Englischen entlehnter weibl.