Maslyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Maslyn by the numbers

Maslyn was given to 6 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 Maslyn

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

  • Masynstone worker; a modern respelling of Mason100 in the US (2017)
  • Madlynwoman from magdala; a form of Madeline7 in the US (2017)
  • Maelyn107 in the US (2017)
  • Mailyn36 in the US (2017)
  • Marlyn28 in the US (2017)
  • Maklyn9 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Maslyn

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

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