Karalyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Karalyn by the numbers

Karalyn was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 46 babies in 1996, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Karalyn

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

  • Karolyna form of caroline; free woman or strong27 in the US (2017)
  • Karalynnvariant of Carolyn; joyful song24 in the US (2017)
  • Karlynvariant of Carolyn; joyful song24 in the US (2017)
  • Koralyn18 in the US (2017)
  • Karalyne6 in the US (2017)
  • Karelyn5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Karalyn

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

  • Carolinefree woman; feminine form of Charles4,270 in the US (2017)
  • Carolynstrong and womanly; a form of Caroline321 in the US (2017)
  • Karolinefree woman; variant of Caroline139 in the US (2017)
  • Carolynnfree woman; a form of Caroline44 in the US (2017)
  • Caralinefree woman; respelling of Caroline33 in the US (2017)
  • Carolynefree man; variant spelling of Caroline25 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Karalyn

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