WYNN

Etymology

Proper noun

Wynn (plural Wynns)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wynn is the 1,203rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 29,417 individuals. Wynn is most common among White (54.24%) and Black (39.05%) individuals.

Etymology 1

Noun

wynn (plural wynns)

A letter of the Old English alphabet, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu, which later developed into the letter w.

Etymology 2

Noun

wynn (plural wynns)

A kind of timber truck, or carriage.

Source: Wiktionary


Wyn, Wynn, n. Also Wen. [AS. wen.]

Definition: One of the runes adopted into the Anglo-Saxon, or Old English, alphabet. It had the value of modern English w, and was replaced from about a. d. 1280 at first by uu, later by w.

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Wynn, n.

Definition: A kind of timber truck, or carriage.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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