Lynnette
Lynnette, also spelled Lynette, is a feminine given name.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Lynnette
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lynnette, also spelled Lynette, is a feminine given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Lynnette
American parents first put Lynnette on the record books as a baby girl name in 1902, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1964, when 506 Lynnettes were born — ranking #436 that year. About 31% of every Lynnette on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Lynnette ranks #7,807 for baby girls with 13 births, falling sharply (-22%). All told, over 15K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Lynnette
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Lynnette. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Lynnette
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- Lynette Boggs (born 1963), American politician
- Lynnette Brooky (born 1968), New Zealand golfer
- Lynette Chico (21st century), Puerto Rican fashion model and actress
- Lynnette Cole (born 1978), Miss USA 2000
- Lynette Coleman (1964–2023), Australian Paralympic athlete
- Lynette Dawn Culver, American victim of serial killer Ted Bundy
- Lynette Curran (born 1945), Australian actress
- Lynnette Ferguson , New Zealand academic
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Names that sound like Lynnette
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About the name Lynnette
Lynnette is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1902 and has accumulated 15K births in the dataset. Lynnette's peak popularity came in 1964 when it ranked #424. Use the chart and map above to compare Lynnette's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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