Lynette
given name · Latin script
Meaning: [h'net], (deutsch auch:) Lynett: aus dem Englischen entlehnter weibl
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/lajnɛt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Lynette is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 1.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 2.3K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 2.4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 471 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
37,429 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Guyana
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
[h'net], (deutsch auch:) Lynett: aus dem Englischen entlehnter weibl. Vom., literarische Prägung (Umbil dung dnes keltischen Namens), die durch
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lynette counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #583 | 37,429 | 1 in 8.9K | 37K | Lynette | 471 |
| ZA South Africa | #306 | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.4K | — | Lynette | 100 |
| AU Australia | #262 | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | 96 | Lynette | 199 |
| GB United Kingdom | #594 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.1K | 3 | Lynette | 205 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈9,100 est. | ≈1 in 29K | — | Lynette | 19 |
| NZ New Zealand | #255 | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | 11 | Lynette | 123 |
| SG Singapore | #400 | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 5K | — | Lynette | 91 |
| GY Guyana | — | 685 | 1 in 1.1K | 685 | — | 7 |
37,429 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Lynette is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
English: in modern use a derivative of LYNN , formed with the French feminine diminutive suffix - ette . However, this is not the origin for the name as used in Tennyson's Idylls of the King (1859–85), through which it first came to public attention. There, it represents an altered form of some Celtic original; cf. Welsh ELUNED . Variants: Lynnette, Lin(n)ette .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Lynette Curranb. 1945AUAustralian actress
- Lynette Bellb. 1947AUAustralian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist
- Lynette Frommeb. 1948USattempted assassin of Gerald Ford (born 1948)
- Lynette Daviesb. 1948GBWelsh actress (1948-1993)
- Lyn McClementsb. 1951AUnot in their usual nameAustralian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist
- Sue Smithb. 1951AUnot in their usual nameAustralian politician
- Lynette Woodardb. 1959USAmerican basketball player (born 1959)
- Lynette Yiadom Boakyeb. 1977GBBritish artist (born 1977)
- Charlene Grimaldib. 1978ZAnot in their usual nameZimbabwean-South African former Olympic swimmer; wife of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
- Lynette Howell Taylorb. 1979GBAcademy Award nominee
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 59 sources across 35 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 37K | #1,104 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 685 | #120 |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 1970 | 96 | #94 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 66 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 1971 | 56 | — |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 1971 | 56 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 45 | #1,104 |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1989 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1976 | 5 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1963 | 5 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 1995 | 3 | #639 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1994 | 3 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Lynette a male or female name?
- Lynette is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How do you pronounce Lynette?
- A machine transcription gives /lajnɛt/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Lynette mean?
- Recorded meaning: [h'net], (deutsch auch:) Lynett: aus dem Englischen entlehnter weibl.
- What are other forms of the name Lynette?
- In the etymology graph, Lynnette, Linette and Linet are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Lynne and Lyn.
- In which country does Lynette have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 37 thousand people named Lynette, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lynette.
- Where is Lynette most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Lynette is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 1.1 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Lynette?
- In the United States, the national register counted 37,429 people named Lynette in 2020, about 1 in 8.9 thousand residents.
- How common is Lynette compared with other names?
- In the United States, Lynette is the 583rd most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lynetteThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lynette” — the 583rd most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.