Erilyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three 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

Erilyn by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 14 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Erilyn

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

  • Emilynindustrious rival; a form of Emilia65 in the US (2017)
  • Eilynbright light; a form of Eileen11 in the US (2017)
  • Erilynn8 in the US (2017)
  • Evelyndesired, wished-for child10,686 in the US (2017)
  • Emilyrival, eager9,751 in the US (2017)
  • Evalynwished for child; a form of Evelyn275 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Erilyn

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