Lynkin

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lynkin by the numbers

Lynkin was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 21 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Lynkin

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

  • Linkin141 in the US (2017)
  • Lynken13 in the US (2017)
  • Lynkon7 in the US (2017)
  • Lyndonlinden tree hill; from a place name183 in the US (2017)
  • Larkinfierce, rough; rough little one151 in the US (2017)
  • Lyndenlinden tree valley; a form of Lyndon75 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Lynkin

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

  • Linconlake settlement; a form of Lincoln5 in the US (2017)
  • Linken39 in the US (2017)
  • Linkyn33 in the US (2017)
  • Linkon17 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Lynkin

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