Arelyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

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

Arelyn by the numbers

Arelyn was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Arelyn

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

  • Adelynnoble, gracious; a modern respelling of Adeline1,511 in the US (2017)
  • Avelynlike a bird; modern elaboration of Ava74 in the US (2017)
  • Arlyneagle lake; a form of Harlan or Arlen55 in the US (2017)
  • Arely279 in the US (2017)
  • Aralyn79 in the US (2017)
  • Acelyn33 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Arelyn

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

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