Macklin
A boys’ name of Scottish origin, meaning son of the fair one; a form of Maclin or MacLean.
Macklin by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Macklin. In the US, 128 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Macklin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Macklin
Names that are said the same way as Macklin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean beauty
Like Macklin, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kevinhandsome at birth3,813 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Beauhandsome487 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alanfair or handsome2,441 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Macklin
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