Fayelynn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Fayelynn by the numbers

Fayelynn was given to 15 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 Fayelynn

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

Sounds like Fayelynn

Names that are said the same way as Fayelynn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Fallondescended from the ruler238 in the US (2017)
  • Fallyndescended from the ruler; a modern respelling of Fallon with -yn suffix62 in the US (2017)
  • Valinstrong; powerful6 in the US (2017)
  • Vallonsmall valley; diminutive of val6 in the US (2017)
  • Falyn34 in the US (2017)
  • Falon18 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Fayelynn

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