Lynnley

A girls’ 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

Lynnley by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 13 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Lynnley

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

  • Lynnleelake; a form of Lynn with Lee suffix63 in the US (2017)
  • Lynleylake clearing; a form of Lindley34 in the US (2017)
  • Lynnly6 in the US (2017)
  • Lynnlea5 in the US (2017)
  • Lynleelake clearing; a modern form of Lindley or Lynn with Lee suffix118 in the US (2017)
  • Linleylinden tree clearing or meadow76 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Lynnley

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

Names about as common as Lynnley

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