Lyna
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.
Lyna by the numbers
Lyna was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 30 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Lyna
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 Lyna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lunamoon5,327 in the US (2017)
- Lylanight751 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lenabright light; short form of Helena1,072 in the US (2017)
- Lanabright or fair; a form of Helen or Alana185 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lyralyre, a musical instrument643 in England and Wales (2025)
- Linalight; short form of Helena or other names200 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Lyna
Names that are said the same way as Lyna, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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