Matalyn
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.
Matalyn by the numbers
Matalyn was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 25 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Matalyn
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 Matalyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Madalynwoman from magdala; a form of Magdalene448 in the US (2017)
- Mattalyngift of god; a form of Matthew with feminine suffix6 in the US (2017)
- Matilyn24 in the US (2017)
- Makalyn5 in the US (2017)
- Madelynof Magdala; tower3,944 in the US (2017)
- Madilynof Magdala; tower; a modern respelling of Madelyn946 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Matalyn
Names that are said the same way as Matalyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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