Kollyns

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 21 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
21
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
#905
new to the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kollyns by the numbers

Kollyns was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 23 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kollyns

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

  • Kollinsvictory; variant spelling of Collins33 in the US (2017)
  • Kellynbright-headed; a respelling of Kelly30 in the US (2017)
  • Kallyn16 in the US (2017)
  • Kolsyn5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kollyns

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

  • Collinsson of Colin; descendant of Cailean544 in the US (2017)
  • Collynsdark lake; a form of Collin37 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kollyns

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