Keslyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Keslyn by the numbers

Keslyn was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Keslyn

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

  • Kellynbright-headed; a respelling of Kelly30 in the US (2017)
  • Keilyn45 in the US (2017)
  • Keelyn26 in the US (2017)
  • Kelyn18 in the US (2017)
  • Kenlyn15 in the US (2017)
  • Kaslyn7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Keslyn

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

Names about as common as Keslyn

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