Emlyn
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 25 babies a year in England and Wales.
Emlyn by the numbers
In 2025, 25 babies in England and Wales were named Emlyn. In the US, 10 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 25 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Emlyn
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 Emlyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Emaanfaith, belief120 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emrysimmortal96 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ethynstrong, enduring; modern respelling of Ethan57 in the US (2017)
- Emranlong-lived or well-built7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elyonthe most high; from el elyon21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elwynelf or noble friend20 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Emlyn
Nobody has voted for Emlyn yet
Vote for Emlyn and put it up against all the other baby names
Vote for Emlyn