Gracilyn
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Gracilyn by the numbers
Gracilyn was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Gracilyn
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 Gracilyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Gracelynelegant favour and grace; a modern respelling of Grace942 in the US (2017)
- Graclyn16 in the US (2017)
- Gracelynnelegant favour and grace; combination of Grace and Lynn835 in the US (2017)
- Gracyngrace, favor; a modern respelling of Grace171 in the US (2017)
- Graceyngrace; a modern respelling of Gracey or Grace with -yn suffix46 in the US (2017)
- Gracin25 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Gracilyn
Names that are said the same way as Gracilyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Gracelynne22 in the US (2017)
- Gracelin21 in the US (2017)
- Gracelinn8 in the US (2017)
- Graycelynn6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Gracilyn
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