Angelyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 37 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
37
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Angelyn by the numbers

Angelyn was given to 37 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 85 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Angelyn

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

  • Angelymessenger of god; a respelling of Angel with -ly suffix97 in the US (2017)
  • Angelinlittle angel; form of Angelina16 in the US (2017)
  • Angelysangel, messenger; a modern spelling of Angelis12 in the US (2017)
  • Angelynamessenger; a form of Angela11 in the US (2017)
  • Annelyngrace and beauty; blend of Anna and Lyn8 in the US (2017)
  • Angelynn16 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Angelyn

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

  • Angelinemessenger; a form of Angela214 in the US (2017)
  • Angelenea form of angela; messenger or angel7 in the US (2017)
  • Angeleenmessenger; a form of Angela5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Angelyn

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