Orlin
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.
Orlin by the numbers
Orlin was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 48 babies in 1932, so it is a 1930s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Orlin
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 Orlin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Olinancestor's descendant99 in the US (2017)
- Orinpale or fair; a form of Oran29 in England and Wales (2025)
- Orrinpine tree; a form of Orrin or Orin65 in the US (2017)
- Ollinmovement; motion12 in the US (2017)
- Orlanspear land; a form of Orlando6 in the US (2017)
- Orionhunter; name of constellation and mythological figure1,047 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Orlin
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