Newlyn

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Cornish Lulyn, a toponym composed of the elements lu (“fleet”) + lynn (“pool”), from Old Cornish *lin, from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *lindom.

Proper noun

Newlyn (countable and uncountable, plural Newlyns)

1. A coastal village and harbour in Penzance parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4628).
2. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
3. A small town in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia.
4. A habitational surname from Cornish.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Newlyn is the 14673^rd most common surname in England, belonging to 360 individuals.

See also

• St Newlyn East

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Newlyn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 664.