Irelynn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 90 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
90
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Irelynn by the numbers

Irelynn was given to 90 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 111 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Irelynn

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

  • Irelyniris flower; a form of Iris or Irelynn55 in the US (2017)
  • Icelynn13 in the US (2017)
  • Irelynd8 in the US (2017)
  • Irelandthe island nation; place name used as given name196 in the US (2017)
  • Icelyn15 in the US (2017)
  • Ivylynn11 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Irelynn

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