Macklyn
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 22 babies a year in the US.
Macklyn by the numbers
Macklyn was given to 22 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 22 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Macklyn
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 Macklyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Macklyn
Names that are said the same way as Macklyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Macklinson of the fair one; a form of Maclin or MacLean128 in the US (2017)
- Maclinson of the fair one; a form of MacLean28 in the US (2017)
- Macklanson of the servant of Saint Columba14 in the US (2017)
- Maclainson of the servant of Saint Columba14 in the US (2017)
- Maclanson of allan; scottish clan name9 in the US (2017)
- Macklen9 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Macklyn
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