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Lynette en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /lɪˈnɛt/

Etymology

Anglicized form of Welsh Eluned, first used by Tennyson in the Idylls of the King(1859-85), altered by folk etymology to be Lynn + -ette.

Meanings

  1. A female given name from Welsh.
    • 'My name?' she said - 'Lynette, my name; noble; my need, a knight, 1872, Alfred Tennyson, Gareth and Lynette:

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