Eljin

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Eljin by the numbers

Eljin was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 5 babies in 1980, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Eljin

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

  • Elvinnoble friend; a form of Elwin104 in the US (2017)
  • Eldinold friend; a form of Aldwin14 in the US (2017)
  • Elginlittle white stone or noble14 in the US (2017)
  • Elwinnoble friend; a form of Elwyn5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Elkin13 in the US (2017)
  • Elzin3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Eljin

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