Does anyone have the last name LYNN?

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Does anyone have the last name LYNN?

Answer 1

I know a lady with the surname, she's Welsh though. This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name.

Lynn Name Meaning and History

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhloinn and Ó Fhloinn (see Flynn).

Scottish: variant of Lyne 3.

English: habitational name from any of several places so called in Norfolk, in particular King’s Lynn, an important center of the medieval wool trade. The place name is probably from an Old Welsh word cognate with Gaelic linn ‘pool’, ‘stream’

hope this helps.

Answer 2

I have some friends I work with that have that last name.

It is also my middle name.

Answer 3

Of course. That does not mean that they will be related to you, or if they are related, they may not be on the internet.

If you are wanting to research your family, the reliable way is using documentation, starting with yourself, and working back.. one generation at a time.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/lynn/

All of these persons are researching this surname. You might find someone connected to you.. although I personally always remind people that you are NOT looking for a surname, in genealogy. You are looking for specific facts, concerning your actual relatives and their connection to you.

http://rwguide.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

Here is a guide to tracing your family (if that is what you were wanting to do).  You will quickly find that you will get 1000 times better results from questions, when they are focused on finding an exact person or fact.