Novalyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
17
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Novalyn by the numbers

Novalyn was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 20 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Novalyn

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

  • Novalynn53 in the US (2017)
  • Novaly14 in the US (2017)
  • Noralyn8 in the US (2017)
  • Novelyn5 in the US (2017)
  • Novaleenew; a modern elaboration of Nova with Lee294 in the US (2017)
  • Natalynborn on christmas day; a spelling variant of natalie36 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Novalyn

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