Maelynn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 122 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
122
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Maelynn by the numbers

Maelynn was given to 122 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 132 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Maelynn

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

  • Madelynnwoman of Magdala; a form of Magdalene685 in the US (2017)
  • Madlynnwoman from Magdala; a form of Madeline10 in the US (2017)
  • Maelyn107 in the US (2017)
  • Maylynn18 in the US (2017)
  • Marlynn9 in the US (2017)
  • Maclynn8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Maelynn

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

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