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Name meaning & stats

Linn

Linn means “lake, pool” (English origin). 1,842 US babies since 1940, peak 1956. Notable Linns are 1.7× over-represented as footballers.

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What it means

“lake, pool”

EnglishSpelling of Lynn

A given name of English use.

Lynn around the world

  • Линн · Russian
  • Лінн (ім'я) · Ukrainian
  • لين · Arabic
  • לין · Hebrew
  • リン · Japanese
  • 琳恩 · Chinese
  • Lyna · French language in Algeria

Famous Lynns

  • Lynn Margulis · American evolutionary biologist (1938–2011)

In US birth records

Peak year: 1956

40s50s60s70s80s90s00s10s20s

1,842 US babies were named Linn between 1940 and 2025.

Linn around the world

  • Sweden: 5,654 babies since 1998, peak 2000, No. 168 in 2022
  • Norway: 8,639 babies since 1945, peak 1986, No. 349 in 2025
  • France: 60 babies since 1900, peak 2025, No. 3,142 in 2025
  • Belgium: 215 babies since 1995, peak 2017

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Linns end up

Careervs expectedConfidence
Footballer1.7×Medium · 13 people
Actor0.9×Low · 9 people
Politician0.9×Low · 8 people
Writer0.9×Low · 6 people

Among notable women who are footballers, Linns show up 1.7× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

Other spellings

1 in 157 Lynns spell it Linn

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1956)