Jamilyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three 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

Jamilyn by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 25 babies in 1984, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Jamilyn

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

  • Jailyn120 in the US (2017)
  • Jamisyn27 in the US (2017)
  • Jazilyn8 in the US (2017)
  • Jaclynsupplanter; a feminine form of Jacob149 in the US (2017)
  • Jamilabeautiful111 in the US (2017)
  • Jaslynjasmine flower; a modern respelling of Jasmine107 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jamilyn

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