Faylynn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two 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

Faylynn by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Faylynn

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

Sounds like Faylynn

Names that are said the same way as Faylynn, 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 Faylynn

RomillyInayatAnayatGursanjhElaiaHeliaSafiyyaAafiyah

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