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I think it is totally fine. I don't have strong feelings about it. Rose is my favorite of those.

It's the name of my dad. :-D You get a good amount of male Lynns in the Midwest, most in their fifties or older.

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I really like the name. It's pretty and simple. I'd use it for a girl, though.

Lin is okay. Lynn is dated and the extra n is annoying.

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I like Rose for an elegant option and May for a cute option.

I like it alright. I like its simplicity. To me, Quinn it has a very similar appeal to Lynn.
I can't see it making a comeback, though. To me it's dated, about like Donna. And tends to seem empty and suffixy, like Ella or Etta, because of all the -lyn names that have been popular and still are.
I'd probably use Rose before I'd use Lynn as a first name for a baby. But I'd rather use Lynn than May - May seems too saccharine to me.
Lynn is a good name for a guy, too, IMO.
Lynn was my middle name given at birth and I think it's lame as a middle name... just seems like a suffix there, or a syllable added solely for rhythm.

This message was edited 8/6/2020, 3:52 PM

I like it! As I said a few posts down I had a dream about it recently. Was never on my mind before that, but I was just making all these pretty combos with it. It’s a pretty little name! And simple and unpretentious etc.

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I also like Lynna - one of the first names I gave to a sim. Made it up myself *proud* Her boyfriend was Mason and they were cool rocker guys.

Lynn is just so so so boring. I remember my cousin telling me she had a great teacher whose first name was Lynn so I suppose she has a great association with it but every time she used to talk about her I couldn’t stop thinking how boring the name was. I know these names are quite unpopular on here but I much prefer Caitlin and Brooklyn because at least they have a nickname option and aren’t just something a name could possibly end in. Also my favourite out of the 3 is May. I like Rose too.

This message was edited 8/6/2020, 9:47 AM

With the rise of so many “-lyn” names like Evelyn, Madelyn, and Katelyn, I think plain Lynn itself probably won’t make a comeback.

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That being said, Lynn is rather bland. Rose is bland as well, but only as a middle name - it would be pretty refreshing to hear as a first name. May as a first name would be refreshing as well, since Mae has been getting so overused as a middle name.

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My favorite one-syllable names are Belle, Claire, Eve, Lise, and June.

I prefer May, I think; perhaps because it's a family name with good memories attached. Rose, on its own, is sentimental and hackneyed, and Lynn is lacking in personality, a beige cardigan of a name.

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I could see a name like Belinda having Lynn as a nn; that would be OK, just as Rose is as a nn for Rosemary or Rosamond. But on their own, no.

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My three favourite one-syllable names are Clare, Joy and Ruth.

UGH. Lynn has always been one of my least favorite names. Brusque, plain, and unfeminine.

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Lynn, May, and Rose are all filler middle names, to be honest, although Lynn as such does harken back to earlier generations. I like May (prefer Mae) and Rose, but I wouldn't use either as a middle name.

I have an aunt named Lynne. I really like her. She's my godmother too so it's a double whammy.

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The name itself though I could take or leave it. I like May better out of the three choices.

This message was edited 8/6/2020, 6:21 AM

I've never been a fan. It's very much a filler middle name and I hate those. Very bland. But maybe it will become fresher sounding after not being used that way so much.

I prefer May out of the 3, Lynn is ok as a mn, maybe a longer version for a first name e.g. lynelle, Lyndal, Lyndy, Lynette, Raelynn, Kaelynn, Jaelynn, Shaelynn, Ashlynn

I don't like Lynn and I never have. However, this is probably because it seems extremely dated to me, and in a really banal way. Lynn is just so unremarkable. It's the mousy secretary of names. But I do wonder whether I'd have liked it back when it was fresh. The sound is fairly nice. I wonder whether Claire will eventually feel like Lynn does now?

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I prefer May and Rose to Lynn. As a middle name, Lynn is filler like Rose or Grace, but it also feels so dated and dull that it seems like the parents were just like, well, screw it. Let's just go with Lynn because we're both lazy and out of touch.