Metchosin. The name Lynn for a man is not unknown in Wales, Lynn Davies won Gold for the U.K. in Tokyo (1964) before being eclipsed by Bob Beamon in 1968. Continuing the thought of athletics, Our runner Linford Christie is often referred to by a shortened form of his first name.Lady Penelope. The vaguaries of English spelling are almost limitless. I think it was Wilde who explained the spelling of "Fish" as "GHOTI", GH as in enough,O as in women and TI as in nation.