Merilyn
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Merilyn by the numbers
Merilyn was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 75 babies in 1946, so it is a 1940s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Merilyn
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 Merilyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marilynbeloved by god; a form of Mary580 in the US (2017)
- Merlynsea fortress; a form of Merlin15 in the US (2017)
- Meilyn15 in the US (2017)
- Merelyn5 in the US (2017)
- Madilynof Magdala; tower; a modern respelling of Madelyn946 in the US (2017)
- Marilynnstar of the sea with lake; combination of mary and lynn68 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Merilyn
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