Korynn is likely a modern form of Corinne, from Greek roots meaning "maiden" or "young woman."
Korynn is a contemporary respelling of the ancient Greek name Korinna, a diminutive of Kore — the word simply meaning 'maiden' or 'girl,' and the epithet of Persephone, goddess of spring and queen of the underworld. The name's most celebrated ancient bearer was Korinna of Tanagra, a lyric poet of Boeotia who, according to tradition, competed against and defeated Pindar himself in poetic contests.
Whether that legend is historically accurate matters less than what it conveys: the name has carried an association with eloquence and artistic spirit for over two millennia. The Latinized form Corinna entered European literary culture through Ovid's Amores, where it was the pseudonym of his celebrated mistress, cementing the name's romantic and poetic connotations. Robert Herrick revived it in the 17th century with his famous poem 'Corinna's Going A-Maying,' and it passed through French as Corinne — most notably in Germaine de Staël's 1807 novel of that name, whose heroine was an independent, brilliant woman, a proto-feminist icon of the Romantic era.
The Korynn spelling, with its doubled 'n' and playful 'y,' modernizes the name while honoring its deep roots. It is a name that has always suggested creativity and independence, and its contemporary forms carry that quiet literary inheritance forward.