Given name & surname
Lyne
“one who takes the narrow path”·“from the bank”
In English use, Lyne has a related form in Lane. One English interpretation is “one who takes the narrow path.” In French use, Lyne has a related form in Line. One English interpretation is “from the bank.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Lyne has a related form in Lane. One English interpretation is “one who takes the narrow path.” In French use, Lyne has a related form in Line. One English interpretation is “from the bank.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Lyne has a related form in Lane. An origin associated with Lane is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lyne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 207
- 5 boys · 202 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1957. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 613 as a first name in 2020; 1,068 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lyne’s family of names
In French usage, Lyne has a related form in Line. In English usage, Lyne has a related form in Lane. In English usage, Lyne has a related form in Lind.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lyne
- Lyne RenéeBelgian actressborn 1979
- Lyne BeaumontCanadian synchronized swimmerborn 1978
- Lyne BessetteCanadian cyclist and politicianborn 1975
- Lyne ChardonnetFrench actress (1943–1980)
- Lyne CharleboisCanadian film and television director
- Lyne PoirierCanadian judokaborn 1968
- Lyne MetcalfeAmerican politician (1822-1906)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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