Nylan
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 36 babies a year in the US.
Nylan by the numbers
Nylan was given to 36 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 27 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Nylan
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 Nylan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Nylan
Names that are said the same way as Nylan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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