Charlyn
A girls’ name of Germanic origin, meaning a form of Charline or Carolyn, free woman.
Charlyn by the numbers
Charlyn was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 42 babies in 1947, so it is a 1940s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Carolyn
Like Charlyn, each of these traces back to Carolyn: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Charlyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Charlyn
Names that are said the same way as Charlyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Charlenefree person; a form of Charles152 in the US (2017)
- Sharlenefree woman or beloved; variant of Charlene22 in the US (2017)
- Charlinefree man; a form of Charles10 in the US (2017)
- Charleena form of Charlene, free woman8 in the US (2017)
- Sharleenfeminine form of Charles; a form of Charlene6 in the US (2017)
- Charleeann9 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean freedom
Like Charlyn, each of these has freedom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Charlottefree woman; feminine form of Charles12,900 in the US (2017)
- Carolinefree woman; feminine form of Charles4,270 in the US (2017)
- Lottiefree woman; from Charlotte1,222 in England and Wales (2025)
- Frankiefree man; a form of Frank887 in England and Wales (2025)
- Francisfree man; from the Franks262 in England and Wales (2025)
- Carolinafree woman; a form of Caroline715 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Charlyn
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