Marlynn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Marlynn by the numbers

Marlynn was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 25 babies in 1955, making it a 1950s name.

What we can tell you about Marlynn

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

  • Marilynnstar of the sea with lake; combination of mary and lynn68 in the US (2017)
  • Marylynnbitter grace lake; combination of Mary and Lynn18 in the US (2017)
  • Madlynnwoman from Magdala; a form of Madeline10 in the US (2017)
  • Maelynn122 in the US (2017)
  • Marlyn28 in the US (2017)
  • Maylynn18 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Marlynn

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

  • Marlenebeloved; a form of Magdalene191 in the US (2017)
  • Marleenbeloved star; variant of Marlene17 in the US (2017)
  • Marlen54 in the US (2017)
  • Marline6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Marlynn

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