Darlyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 38 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
38
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Darlyn by the numbers

Darlyn was given to 38 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 52 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Darlyn

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

Sounds like Darlyn

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

  • Darlenedear one; a form of Darla144 in the US (2017)
  • Darleengreatly loved; a form of Darlene42 in the US (2017)
  • Darline

Names about as common as Darlyn

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