Dalyn

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 29 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
29
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Dalyn by the numbers

Dalyn was given to 29 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 45 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Dalyn

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

  • Dilyntrue lion; a form of Dilwyn13 in the US (2017)
  • Dylynson of the sea; variant spelling of Dylan5 in the US (2017)
  • Daelyn86 in the US (2017)
  • Daryn37 in the US (2017)
  • Dalen21 in the US (2017)
  • Davyn19 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Dalyn

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

  • Daylenson of the sea; a modern respelling of Dylan149 in the US (2017)
  • Daylanson of the sea; a modern respelling of Dylan81 in the US (2017)
  • Dallinfrom the valley; a variant of Dallas53 in the US (2017)
  • Daylin114 in the US (2017)
  • Daylon52 in the US (2017)
  • Daylyn19 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Dalyn

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