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Lynette
lih-NEHT
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A female given name of Welsh origin.
"Lynette was a character in Tennyson's poem cycle Idylls of the King."
How to Use Lynette
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA Welsh-origin girl's name popularized by Victorian poetry.
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Etymology
An anglicized form of the Welsh name Eluned, popularized by Tennyson and later reshaped by folk etymology to resemble "Lynn" + "-ette."