Marlyn
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 28 babies a year in the US.
Marlyn by the numbers
Marlyn was given to 28 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 193 babies in 1936, so it is a 1930s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Marlyn
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 Marlyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marilynbeloved by god; a form of Mary580 in the US (2017)
- Marlypleasant lake or fen clearing; a variant of Marley44 in the US (2017)
- Merlynsea fortress; a form of Merlin15 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)
- Marylynbeloved; star of the sea; a blended form of mary and lynn
Sounds like Marlyn
Names that are said the same way as Marlyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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