Lynette
/lɪˈnɛt/ name
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name from Welsh.
"'My name?' she said - 'Lynette, my name; noble; my need, a knight,"
Example
More examples"A chandelier shaped like a basketball net, by American artist David Hammons, a slow-burning wax replica of a 16th century sculpture aimed to melt completely in six months, the works of Chinese-born painter Xinyi Cheng and British artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye — the Pinault Collection is an eclectic mix of contemporary art."
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.