Cullin

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Cullin by the numbers

Cullin was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 23 babies in 2000, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Cullin

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

  • Collinyoung warrior; variant of colin or caitlin997 in the US (2017)
  • Cullenhandsome; from the surname Cullen555 in the US (2017)
  • Callin6 in the US (2017)
  • Calvinbald; from the surname Calvin2,689 in the US (2017)
  • Colinyoung warrior; a form of Caoilean1,662 in the US (2017)
  • Collinsson of Colin; descendant of Cailean544 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Cullin

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

Names about as common as Cullin

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