Lyn is a ♀ girl’s name and a ♂ boy’s name. Lyn thus belongs to the gender-neutral unisex names.
The given name Lyn derived from an English surname and was a masculine name in former times, but today it is mostly a girl’s name. Lyn is also a short form of names like Linda, Lina, Carolyn.
Lyn means “lake” (from Welsh “llyn”) and “soft”, “tender”, “flexible” (from Old Germanic “lind”).
Based on the frequency of positive ratings, we can analyze how popular names are in different countries. The name Lyn is currently ranked #432 on the name leaderboard.
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2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |
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🇦🇹 Austria | - | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ |
🇵🇹 Portugal | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - |
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