Last name: FLYNN
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FLYNN : This last name is indexed 239,725 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
FLYNN : 1: Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Floinn ‘descendant of Flann’ a byname meaning ‘red(dish) ruddy’. There were families of this name in various parts of Ireland. This name has also been Anglicized as Lindsay.2: English: from Middle English Flin representing the Old Norse male personal name Fleinn.
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