Saylem

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Saylem by the numbers

Saylem was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Saylem

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

  • Salempeace; derived from place name366 in the US (2017)
  • Sayler45 in the US (2017)
  • Saylee7 in the US (2017)
  • Skylerscholar, learned one; modern respelling of Schuyler1,459 in the US (2017)
  • Sableblack; the color sable in heraldry20 in the US (2017)
  • Salampeace or greetings14 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Saylem

Names that are said the same way as Saylem, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Salomepeace129 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Saylem

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