Lynn

American  

[lin] / lɪn /

noun

1. Janet Janet Lynn Nowicki, born 1953, U.S. figure skater.

2. a seaport in E Massachusetts, on Massachusetts Bay.

3. a male given name, form of Lincoln, Linton.

4. Also Lynne. a female given name, form of Caroline or Carolyn.

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Lynn ¹ British  

/ lɪn /

noun

1. Also called: Lynn Regis.  another name for King's Lynn

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Lynn ² British  

/ lɪn /

noun

1. Dame Vera , original name Vera Margaret Lewis . born 1917, British singer popular during World War II and known as "the forces' sweetheart". Her best-known songs are "We'll Meet Again" and "White Cliffs of Dover"

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Example Sentences

FY: The home was originally developed and designed between 1983-1985 by father and son Edward and Lynn Edward Ivie alongside structural engineer Ronald Greene.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

In a victim impact statement read to the court, her mother Lynn Sparkes said her daughter's death had left the family with a "lifetime of overwhelming grief".

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Clare Smith, 47, placed an order for her parents, Ron and Lynn Smith, on 1 March for £323, but was told nearly a week later that it had been cancelled.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Then came a shift in 2016, when the Academy gave an honorary Oscar to Lynn Stalmaster, who cast hundreds of films and jump-started the careers of Dustin Hoffman, Jeff Bridges, John Travolta and Christopher Reeve.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Don’t want to talk to Dara Lynn, to Becky, to Dad, or even to Ma.

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor