Shylynn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Shylynn by the numbers

Shylynn was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 26 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Shylynn

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

  • Skylynn183 in the US (2017)
  • Shaylynn42 in the US (2017)
  • Shalynn13 in the US (2017)
  • Shilynn6 in the US (2017)
  • Shylyn5 in the US (2017)
  • Skylynscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Skyler51 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Shylynn

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