Female name
Lynette
43,445 births (United States, 1880–2025), peaking in 1965. Expression number: 11.
Origin
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.From Wiktionary, entry “Lynette”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In the United States
Peak in 1965: 1,413 births. 43,445 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. It really came into use around 1914. It is still given: 332 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 1978: 19 births. 144 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1970s and 1980s. Fewer than ten births recorded from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
11
intuition and inspiration (master number)
3 + 7 + 5 + 5 + 2 + 2 + 5 = 29 → 11
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
7 + 5 + 5 = 17 → 8
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
3 + 5 + 2 + 2 = 12 → 3
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 4, 6, 8, 9
- Most frequent digit
- 5 · freedom, change, movement
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.