Kelyn
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 18 babies a year in the US.
Kelyn by the numbers
Kelyn was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 22 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Kelyn
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 Kelyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kelyn
Names that are said the same way as Kelyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Kellanbright-headed; form of Kellen506 in the US (2017)
- Kellenbright-headed427 in the US (2017)
- Keelansmall and slender; follower of Saint Caoláin105 in the US (2017)
- Kellinbright-headed; a form of Kellen67 in the US (2017)
- Keylinpure; a respelling of Katelin, Caitlin or variant of Kaytlin62 in the US (2017)
- Keilanbright; slender; form of Kilian33 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kelyn
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