Caralyn
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.
Caralyn by the numbers
Caralyn was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 33 babies in 1998, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Caralyn
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 Caralyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Carolynstrong and womanly; a form of Caroline321 in the US (2017)
- Coralyncoral; a blend of Coral and Carolyn47 in the US (2017)
- Carlyn28 in the US (2017)
- Caralynn6 in the US (2017)
- Carlya free person; a form of Carla or Carl687 in the US (2017)
- Carsynson of the marsh dweller; a respelling of Carson296 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Caralyn
Names that are said the same way as Caralyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Carolinefree woman; feminine form of Charles4,270 in the US (2017)
- Karolinefree woman; variant of Caroline139 in the US (2017)
- Carolynnfree woman; a form of Caroline44 in the US (2017)
- Caralinefree woman; respelling of Caroline33 in the US (2017)
- Karolyna form of caroline; free woman or strong27 in the US (2017)
- Carolynefree man; variant spelling of Caroline25 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Caralyn
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