Kilyn

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kilyn by the numbers

Kilyn was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kilyn

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

  • Kalyn43 in the US (2017)
  • Kelyn18 in the US (2017)
  • Khilyn11 in the US (2017)
  • Kylyn9 in the US (2017)
  • Kiranray of light, beam of sunlight123 in the US (2017)
  • Kevyna form of kevin; handsome or kind birth27 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kilyn

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

  • Kylennarrow strait or channel; respelling of Kyle226 in the US (2017)
  • Quillancub or whelp; a form of Quill13 in the US (2017)
  • Kilansmall and graceful; a form of Kilian11 in the US (2017)
  • Kylan450 in the US (2017)
  • Kylin118 in the US (2017)
  • Kylynn60 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kilyn

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