Ettalyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ettalyn by the numbers

Ettalyn was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Ettalyn

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

  • Emmalynwhole and beloved; a blended form of Emma and Lynn644 in the US (2017)
  • Evalynwished for child; a form of Evelyn275 in the US (2017)
  • Emalynwhole and beloved; a blended form of Emma and Lynn103 in the US (2017)
  • Ethelynnoble; a form of Evelyn
  • Ettalie17 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Ettalyn

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