Merelyn
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Merelyn by the numbers
Merelyn was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 18 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Merelyn
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 Merelyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Merlynsea fortress; a form of Merlin15 in the US (2017)
- Marelynblend of mary and lynn or similar14 in the US (2017)
- Merilyn9 in the US (2017)
- Madelynof Magdala; tower3,944 in the US (2017)
- Marilynbeloved by god; a form of Mary580 in the US (2017)
- Marelypleasant lake or fen clearing; a form of Marley50 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Merelyn
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