Alyn
A unisex name of Welsh origin, meaning fair; handsome.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Alyn by the numbers
Alyn was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 31 babies in 2005, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Alyn
Names that are said the same way as Alyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Alanfair or handsome2,441 in the US (2017)
- Allenfair; bright; handsome787 in the US (2017)
- Aileenbright; shining; a form of Helen454 in the US (2017)
- Allanfair, handsome; variant of Alan301 in the US (2017)
- Aylanfair or handsome; a form of Alan15 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aleenbright, shining; a modern respelling of Aileen15 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean beauty
Like Alyn, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
- Kevinhandsome at birth3,813 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Alyn
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