Meilyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Meilyn by the numbers

Meilyn was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 18 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Meilyn

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

  • Merlynsea fortress; a form of Merlin15 in the US (2017)
  • Meilinbeautiful jade or beautiful forest7 in the US (2017)
  • Mailyn36 in the US (2017)
  • Milyn10 in the US (2017)
  • Merilyn9 in the US (2017)
  • Meily7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Meilyn

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

Names about as common as Meilyn

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