Ethelyn
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning noble; a form of Evelyn.
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Ethelyn by the numbers
Its American peak was 168 babies in 1920, making it a 1920s name.
Other names that come from Evelyn
Like Ethelyn, each of these traces back to Evelyn: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Evelynnisland; a variant spelling of Evelyn938 in the US (2017)
- Eileenbright or shining one; form of Evelyn421 in the US (2017)
- Evalynwished for child; a form of Evelyn275 in the US (2017)
- Evalynnwished for child; modern elaboration of Evelyn225 in the US (2017)
- Evelinawished for child; form of Evelyn73 in England and Wales (2025)
- Evalinalife-giving; a form of Evelyn102 in the US (2017)
- Evelinwished for child; a form of Evelyn27 in England and Wales (2025)
- Evaleelife; a form of Eva or Evelyn with suffix -lee72 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ethelyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Evelyndesired, wished-for child10,686 in the US (2017)
- Emelynrival; a modern respelling of Emeline or Emilia106 in the US (2017)
- Emmelynindustrious; a form of Emmeline31 in the US (2017)
- Ethelnoble; diminutive of names with ethel element26 in England and Wales (2025)
- Edelynwealth; a variant of Adeline or Edith18 in the US (2017)
- Ettalyn7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean nobility
Like Ethelyn, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Audreynoble strength4,820 in the US (2017)
- Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
- Allisonnoble natured; a form of Alison4,017 in the US (2017)
- Adelinenoble, nobility3,902 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Ethelyn
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