Jerelyn
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.
Jerelyn by the numbers
Jerelyn was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 31 babies in 1942, making it a 1940s name.
What we can tell you about Jerelyn
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 Jerelyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jerilyn11 in the US (2017)
- Jeralyn5 in the US (2017)
- Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
- Joselynjoyful; a modern spelling of Jocelyn330 in the US (2017)
- Jesslynwealthy; a form of Jessica with -lyn suffix99 in the US (2017)
- Jacelyngod is gracious; a form of Jacqueline78 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Jerelyn
Names that are said the same way as Jerelyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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