Jonalyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jonalyn by the numbers

Jonalyn was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 1970, making it a 1970s name.

What we can tell you about Jonalyn

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

  • Josalynjoyful; a modern spelling of Jocelyn45 in the US (2017)
  • Jenalyn8 in the US (2017)
  • Jozalyn8 in the US (2017)
  • Janalyn6 in the US (2017)
  • Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
  • Joselynjoyful; a modern spelling of Jocelyn330 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jonalyn

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