My Mom wanted to make my middle name Ann, because it was her name and she and my Dad both thought a one-syllable middle name went best with Barbara. My Dad thought Barbara Ann sounded too "common" and suggested Lynn. I'll have to ask him why he suggested it - if it had any meaning to him other than that. And to thank him, because it is pretty, and had they gone with Ann, I'd have that damned Beach Boys song going through my head all the time. Not to mention that many very cool people share it with me.