Lachlyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lachlyn by the numbers

Lachlyn was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 20 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Lachlyn

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

  • Lochlynfrom the lochs; a modern spelling of Lochlan or Lachlan27 in the US (2017)
  • Lachlynnfrom the lochs; a modern respelling of Lachlan7 in the US (2017)
  • Lakelyn133 in the US (2017)
  • Locklyn36 in the US (2017)
  • Laiklyn30 in the US (2017)
  • Lailyn10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Lachlyn

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

Names about as common as Lachlyn

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