Jaselyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jaselyn by the numbers

Jaselyn was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 23 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Jaselyn

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

  • Joselynjoyful; a modern spelling of Jocelyn330 in the US (2017)
  • Jaslynjasmine flower; a modern respelling of Jasmine107 in the US (2017)
  • Jacelyngod is gracious; a form of Jacqueline78 in the US (2017)
  • Jaelyn436 in the US (2017)
  • Jadelyn53 in the US (2017)
  • Jasslyn11 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jaselyn

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

Names about as common as Jaselyn

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