Avilyn

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

Avilyn by the numbers

Avilyn 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 Avilyn

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 Avilyn. 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)
  • Adilynnoble natured; a modern elaboration of Adeline139 in the US (2017)
  • Avelynlike a bird; modern elaboration of Ava74 in the US (2017)
  • Ailyn172 in the US (2017)
  • Arilyn19 in the US (2017)
  • Avilynn7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Avilyn

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

  • Avelinewished-for child; a form of Aveline133 in the US (2017)
  • Avalonisland of apples; legendary isle131 in the US (2017)
  • Avalynn340 in the US (2017)
  • Avaline33 in the US (2017)
  • Avelynn27 in the US (2017)
  • Avalene19 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Avilyn

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