Joylyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Joylyn by the numbers

Joylyn was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 13 babies in 1977, making it a 1970s name.

What we can tell you about Joylyn

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

Sounds like Joylyn

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

  • Jolenegod is gracious; blend of Jo- with -lene, a feminine form of John687 in the US (2017)
  • Jolynn40 in the US (2017)
  • Joleen25 in the US (2017)
  • Jolin17 in the US (2017)
  • Jolan10 in the US (2017)
  • Jolen8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Joylyn

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