Chrislyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Chrislyn by the numbers

Chrislyn was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 29 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Chrislyn

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

  • Chrislynn22 in the US (2017)
  • Christyn13 in the US (2017)
  • Crislyn6 in the US (2017)
  • Christyfollower of christ; a form of christine88 in the US (2017)
  • Christenanointed one, Christian; a form of Christine42 in the US (2017)
  • Chrissybearer of Christ; diminutive of Christine36 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Chrislyn

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

Names about as common as Chrislyn

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