Wynn (surname)

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Wynn is a surname of Welsh origin. Wynn and its variant Wynne are derived from the Welsh word for white (Gwyn). (However it may sometimes be a form of Winn.) [1]

It may refer to:

Footnotes

  1. Cottle, Basil (1967) The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books; p. 329

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