Given name & surname · also Middle English

Thynne

“dark”

Thynne is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Old Irish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Thynne goes back to Old Irish teimh, meaning “dark.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Thynne comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old Irish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Middle English Thynne, from Irish Ó Teimheáin, from Old Irish teimh (“dark”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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