Crislyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Crislyn by the numbers

Crislyn was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 12 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Crislyn

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

  • Chrislyn16 in the US (2017)
  • Caitlynpure; a modern variant of Caitlin or Cathleen227 in the US (2017)
  • Cailynpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin or Caitlyn87 in the US (2017)
  • Cristyfollower of christ; a form of Christina17 in the US (2017)
  • Crispincurly-haired15 in the US (2017)
  • Cristinfollower of christ; variant of Christine7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Crislyn

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

Names about as common as Crislyn

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