Entry № 3405 · Irish origin

Flynn Flynn — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ FLIN /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Irish
Meaning
"Red-haired (Errol Flynn + Disney's Tangled)"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Medieval (Irish)

A name that means "red-haired (errol flynn + disney's tangled)".

Flynn is from the Irish Ó Floinn — descendant of Flann (red, ruddy). Gillian Flynn (born 1971) — American novelist; Gone Girl (2012) sold 20+ million copies worldwide and was adapted into David Fincher's 2014 film with Rosamund Pike — Oscar nomination for Best Actress; Sharp Objects (2006), Dark Places (2009).

Red-haired (Errol Flynn + Disney's Tangled) — a Irish name.

The name in its native script.

Flynn
Transliteration
Flynn
Pronunciation
/ flɪn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Flynn stands.

Flynn does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Flynns before her.

Real people
Errol Flynn
Australian-American Hollywood star.
1909 – 1959
Gillian Flynn
American novelist (Gone Girl).
born 1971
In fiction
Flynn Rider
Disney's Tangled.
2010

Names connected to Flynn.

The number behind Flynn.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Flynn reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.