Talen
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 29 babies a year in the US.
Talen by the numbers
Talen was given to 29 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 216 babies in 2006, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Talen
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 Talen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Talen
Names that are said the same way as Talen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Talonclaw of a bird of prey326 in the US (2017)
- Taylenone who cuts cloth; a modern respelling of Taylor154 in the US (2017)
- Taylintailor, one who cuts cloth; a form of Taylor119 in the US (2017)
- Tallondescendant of Tallan; peaceful16 in the US (2017)
- Talineof the weaving, from the craft3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Taylynn69 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Talen
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