Skilyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Skilyn by the numbers

Skilyn was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Skilyn

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

  • Skylynscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Skyler51 in the US (2017)
  • Skilynn12 in the US (2017)
  • Skylynn183 in the US (2017)
  • Skylin61 in the US (2017)
  • Skylan35 in the US (2017)
  • Skylen25 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Skilyn

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

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