Arlin
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 33 babies a year in the US.
Arlin by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Arlin. In the US, 33 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 85 babies in 1935, making it a 1930s name.
What we can tell you about Arlin
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 Arlin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Arvinfriend of the eagle23 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arminwarrior; whole or universal13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arlieeagle lake; a form of Harley or Arleigh44 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arlaneagle land; a form of Harland14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alinfair; bright; a form of Alan5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arwineagle friend; a form of Arwin or Erwin11 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Arlin
Names that are said the same way as Arlin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Arlin
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