Anberlyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Anberlyn by the numbers

Anberlyn was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Anberlyn

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 Anberlyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Amberlynamber gemstone; a form of Amber with -lyn suffix43 in the US (2017)
  • Anberlin16 in the US (2017)
  • Amberlyamber colored meadow; a modern form of Amberley116 in the US (2017)
  • Amberlynnamber gemstone; amber with the -lynn suffix41 in the US (2017)
  • Andersynstrong and manly; a form of Anderson23 in the US (2017)
  • Annelyngrace and beauty; blend of Anna and Lyn8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Anberlyn

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