Loryn
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 25 babies a year in the US.
Loryn by the numbers
Loryn was given to 25 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 71 babies in 1999, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Loryn
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 Loryn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lorenfrom laurentum; a form of Lawrence159 in the US (2017)
- Lorinlaurel; a form of Laurence5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lorynnlaurel; a form of Lori with Lynn6 in the US (2017)
- Lowynlight; a form of Lowen6 in the US (2017)
- Lorrynlaurel; a form of Lorin or Lauren5 in the US (2017)
- Lorylaurel tree; a form of Lorraine or Laurie
Sounds like Loryn
Names that are said the same way as Loryn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Lorrainefrom the region of Lorraine; of Lotharingia137 in the US (2017)
- Lorainefrom lorraine; laurel crowned; a form of lorraine21 in the US (2017)
- Lorenefrom Lorraine; a form of Loraine14 in the US (2017)
- Lornefrom Lorne, Scotland; place name10 in the US (2017)
- Lorinefrom laurentum, the laurel place; a form of Laurine7 in the US (2017)
- Loreenlaurel; a form of Laureen6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Loryn
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