Lynlie

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lynlie by the numbers

Lynlie was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Lynlie

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

  • Lynleelake clearing; a modern form of Lindley or Lynn with Lee suffix118 in the US (2017)
  • Lyndielake; a form of Lyndy or Lindy10 in the US (2017)
  • Lynzielake; a variant of Lynn with modern spelling8 in the US (2017)
  • Lyllie9 in the US (2017)
  • Lesliegarden of holly; from a place name746 in the US (2017)
  • Lillielily flower; a form of Lily205 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Lynlie

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

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