Heylen

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Heylen by the numbers

Heylen was given to 6 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 Heylen

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

  • Helenbright, shining light758 in the US (2017)
  • Hellentorch; bright light; a form of Helen79 in the US (2017)
  • Haylen72 in the US (2017)
  • Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
  • Heavensky; the abode of god967 in the US (2017)
  • Henleyhigh wood or clearing670 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Heylen

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

  • Helenebright; shining light32 in the US (2017)
  • Heleenbright; a form of Helen5 in the US (2017)
  • Helin16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Heilyn8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Heylen

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