Devlyn
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 23 babies a year in the US.
Devlyn by the numbers
Devlyn was given to 23 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 21 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Devlyn
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 Devlyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Devynfawn-like; a modern respelling of Devin313 in the US (2017)
- Deklynman from Ireland; a modern respelling of Declan69 in the US (2017)
- Declynfull of goodness; modern respelling of Declan53 in the US (2017)
- Devonfrom devonshire or the devon valley484 in the US (2017)
- Devendescendant of Damhán; fawn-like; a spelling variant of Devin89 in the US (2017)
- Decklynfull of goodness; modern respelling of Declan53 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Devlyn
Names that are said the same way as Devlyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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