Maylyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Maylyn by the numbers

Maylyn was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 23 babies in 2008, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Maylyn

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

  • Madylynwoman from magdala; a respelling of madeline or magdalene9 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
  • Maelyn107 in the US (2017)
  • Maylin88 in the US (2017)
  • Mailyn36 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Maylyn

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

  • Malinlittle strong one9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mahlinfrom mahli; sickly or weak one4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mailen38 in the US (2017)
  • Mayleen33 in the US (2017)
  • Maylen31 in the US (2017)
  • Maylene31 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Maylyn

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