Kaylyn

A girls’ name of English origin, meaning pure; a modern respelling of Kaitlyn or Katelyn.

Babies a year
130
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kaylyn by the numbers

Kaylyn was given to 130 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 462 babies in 1997, making it a 1990s name.

Other names that come from Katelyn

Like Kaylyn, each of these traces back to Katelyn: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Kaitlynpure; modern respelling of Caitlin or Katelyn929 in the US (2017)
  • Katelynpure; a modern variant of Katherine760 in the US (2017)
  • Katlinvariant of Katelyn or Caitlin; pure

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kaylyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kaelynpure; a modern variant of Katelyn or Katherine332 in the US (2017)
  • Kailynpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin294 in the US (2017)
  • Kaylinpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin or Katelin290 in the US (2017)
  • Karlynvariant of Carolyn; joyful song24 in the US (2017)
  • Katlynpure; a form of katherine or kathryn19 in the US (2017)
  • Kaylynn254 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kaylyn

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

  • Kailynnpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin157 in the US (2017)
  • Cailynpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin or Caitlyn87 in the US (2017)
  • Cailynnpure; a modern respelling of Caitlyn or Caitlin40 in the US (2017)
  • Cailingirl; young woman29 in the US (2017)
  • Kalonbeautiful and good; from kalon14 in the US (2017)
  • Kaileenthe sea; form of Kailea or Kailani10 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean purity

Like Kaylyn, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Lillianlily; purity6,139 in the US (2017)
  • Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Katherinepure2,833 in the US (2017)
  • Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
  • Lilianalily; purity2,747 in the US (2017)
  • Catherinepure; clear1,573 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kaylyn

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