Calin
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 32 babies a year in the US.
Calin by the numbers
Calin was given to 32 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 64 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Calin
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 Calin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Calin
Names that are said the same way as Calin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Callanpowerful warrior; a form of cailean393 in the US (2017)
- Kailynpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin294 in the US (2017)
- Kaylinpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin or Katelin290 in the US (2017)
- Kailynnpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin157 in the US (2017)
- Kaylynpure; a modern respelling of Kaitlyn or Katelyn130 in the US (2017)
- Cailynpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin or Caitlyn87 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Calin
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