Mailyn
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 36 babies a year in the US.
Mailyn by the numbers
Mailyn was given to 36 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 52 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Mailyn
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 Mailyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Madilynof Magdala; tower; a modern respelling of Madelyn946 in the US (2017)
- Marilynbeloved by god; a form of Mary580 in the US (2017)
- Maisynpearl; a modern spelling of Maisie or Maisy198 in the US (2017)
- Madlynwoman from magdala; a form of Madeline7 in the US (2017)
- Maelyn107 in the US (2017)
- Mailen38 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Mailyn
Names that are said the same way as Mailyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Mailyn
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