Avacyn
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 42 babies a year in the US.
Avacyn by the numbers
Avacyn was given to 42 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 Avacyn
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 Avacyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Avalynlike a bird; a modern elaboration of Ava292 in the US (2017)
- Adalynnoble natured; a modern respelling of Adeline2,194 in the US (2017)
- Avalonisland of apples; legendary isle131 in the US (2017)
- Aarynmountain of strength, exalted; a modern respelling of Aaron90 in the US (2017)
- Avelynlike a bird; modern elaboration of Ava74 in the US (2017)
- Avaryruler of the elves; a respelling of Avery64 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Avacyn
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