Laik

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Laik by the numbers

Laik was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 6 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Laik

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

  • Larka songbird; cheerful and carefree64 in the US (2017)
  • Lain13 in the US (2017)
  • Laif5 in the US (2017)
  • Laiq5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lavik3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lawk3 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Laik

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

  • Lake31 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Layke6 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Laik

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