Though Lynn is more popular as a girl name today, there was a period before 1941 that it was given more often to boys. From 1942 on, increasingly more girls than boys were named Lynn. In 1986, Lynn as a girl name outnumbered its use as a boy name by 6 times. Baby names that sound like Lynn include Linn, Linne, Lyn, Lynne, Laen, Laene, Laighean, Lain, Laine, Lam, Lamb, Lan, Lane, Lanh, Layn, Layne, Leen, Lem, Len, and Lenn.