Graelyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three 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

Graelyn by the numbers

Graelyn was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Graelyn

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 Graelyn. 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)
  • Graesyn30 in the US (2017)
  • Graclyn16 in the US (2017)
  • Graylyn6 in the US (2017)
  • Graelynn5 in the US (2017)
  • Gracelynnelegant favour and grace; combination of Grace and Lynn835 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Graelyn

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