Blin

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 11 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
11
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2133
11 babies

Blin by the numbers

In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Blin.

Its American peak was 5 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Blin

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

  • Bainfair-haired warrior; a form of Bane13 in the US (2017)
  • Brinfair or noble; a form of Brien12 in the US (2017)
  • Blainbleak or pale; a blain or blister11 in the US (2017)
  • Balinbold friend; a form of Baldwin8 in the US (2017)
  • Bolin6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Blin

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