Flynn
Ó Floinn · descendant of Flann
Flynn is Ó Floinn in Irish, said oh FLIN, and means descendant of Flann.
Flann means red, usually of hair or complexion. Several families, the Cork one holding land around Muskerry until the plantations.
How it changes
- A man: Ó Floinn
- His daughter: Ní Fhloinn
- A woman who married into it: Bean Uí Fhloinn
- The family together: Uí Fhloinn
Where it comes from
Cork, Roscommon and Antrim
Also spelt
Flynn, O’Flynn, Flinn, Lynn
A name, not a pedigree
This is where the name came from, which is not the same as where you came from. Names were translated, anglicised, taken on by tenants and neighbours, and carried in by settlers who were no relation to the family that started them. To follow your own line, the 1901 and 1911 censuses are free and searchable, and give the county each person was born in.