Mattilyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 27 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
27
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Mattilyn by the numbers

Mattilyn was given to 27 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 40 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Mattilyn

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

  • Mattisyngift of God; variant spelling of Mattison16 in the US (2017)
  • Mattilynngift of god with a lake; a form of Matthew11 in the US (2017)
  • Mattalyngift of god; a form of Matthew with feminine suffix6 in the US (2017)
  • Mattelyngift of god; a form of Matthew with feminine suffix6 in the US (2017)
  • Matilyn24 in the US (2017)
  • Madilynof Magdala; tower; a modern respelling of Madelyn946 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Mattilyn

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

Names about as common as Mattilyn

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