Aelin

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4867
4 babies

Aelin by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Aelin. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 5 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Aelin

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aelin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Adelinnoble, gracious; short form of Adeline46 in the US (2017)
  • Ailinbright; shining; a form of aileen40 in the US (2017)
  • Alinfair; bright; a form of Alan5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aeliaof the sun; feminine form of aelius4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aylin744 in the US (2017)
  • Aerin37 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Aelin

Names that are said the same way as Aelin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

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