Elend

A boys’ 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

Elend by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 6 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Elend

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

  • Eland7 in the US (2017)
  • Eldenold friend or ancient hill42 in the US (2017)
  • EliudGod is my praise33 in the US (2017)
  • Ekenethank you; gratitude7 in the US (2017)
  • Eldadgod loves, beloved of god6 in the US (2017)
  • Edenspleasure or delight; plural of Eden5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Elend

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