Paelyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Paelyn by the numbers

Paelyn was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Paelyn

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

  • Paetyn55 in the US (2017)
  • Pailyn12 in the US (2017)
  • Palyn5 in the US (2017)
  • Paitynpeace settlement; an invented spelling of Payton282 in the US (2017)
  • Paxtynfrom the town of peace; invented spelling of Paxton59 in the US (2017)
  • Phelansmall wolf17 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Paelyn

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