Maelyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 107 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
107
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Maelyn by the numbers

Maelyn was given to 107 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Maelyn

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

  • Madelynof Magdala; tower3,944 in the US (2017)
  • Maevynintoxicating one; modern spelling of Maeve17 in the US (2017)
  • Marelynblend of mary and lynn or similar14 in the US (2017)
  • Madlynwoman from magdala; a form of Madeline7 in the US (2017)
  • Maelynn122 in the US (2017)
  • Mailyn36 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Maelyn

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

Names about as common as Maelyn

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