Lynne

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Lynn in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 8 more, Celina in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, MX Mexico and 4 more, Celine in FR France, NO Norway, BE Belgium and 2 more and Lan in VN Vietnam, MY Malaysia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages 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◐

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

• English surname4.5K records spelled Lynne103 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in China, United States, Australia, Malaysia

  Languages: English, Polish, German

  Also written Lin, Lynn, Лин, 린, Rin

• Greek given name3.1K records spelled Lynne9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom, China

  Also written Lynn, Lyn, Lin, Linn, Λιν

60 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●

Lynne 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.

• In Swedish, mindset, mood

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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) — 119 years between 1907–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Lynne Reid Banksb. 1929GBBritish writer (1929–2024)
• Lynne Cheneyb. 1941USSecond Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009
• Lynne Thigpenb. 1948USAmerican actress (1948–2003)
• Lynne Frederickb. 1954GBBritish actress (1954–1994)
• Cynthia Cooperb. 1963USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player and coach
• Dana Hillb. 1964USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1964–1996)
• Liz Cheneyb. 1966USnot in their usual nameUnited States Representative from Wyoming from 2017 to 2023
• Lynne Ramsayb. 1969GBScottish film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer (born 1969)
• Tyra Banksb. 1973USnot in their usual nameAmerican television personality, producer, and former model
• Kerry Bishéb. 1984NZnot in their usual nameNew Zealand-born American actress

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 · 449 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lynne?

We estimate roughly 493 thousand people bear Lynne (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Lynne have the most bearers?

Lynne is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled lynn.

How common is Lynne compared with other names?

In the United Kingdom, Lynne is the 52nd most common given name of 369,273 given names recorded there.

Is Lynne a male or female name?

Lynne 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 Lynne mean?

Recorded meaning: A surname from Scottish Gaelic, a rare spelling variant of Lynn.