Paislyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 21 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
21
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Paislyn by the numbers

Paislyn was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Paislyn

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

  • Paislychurch in the clearing; modern spelling variant5 in the US (2017)
  • Paislynn23 in the US (2017)
  • Paisyn21 in the US (2017)
  • Pailyn12 in the US (2017)
  • Paisleychurch; the swirled pattern4,939 in the US (2017)
  • Paisleechurch; the swirled pattern; a modern spelling of Paisley1,041 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Paislyn

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