Jeilyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jeilyn by the numbers

Jeilyn was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 24 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Jeilyn

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

  • Jeslynwealthy; a form of Jessica with -lyn suffix54 in the US (2017)
  • Jailyn120 in the US (2017)
  • Jerilyn11 in the US (2017)
  • Jezlyn10 in the US (2017)
  • Jehilyn9 in the US (2017)
  • Jeily9 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jeilyn

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

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