Talyn

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 46 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
46
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Talyn by the numbers

Talyn was given to 46 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 85 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Talyn

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

  • Talan65 in the US (2017)
  • Talen29 in the US (2017)
  • Tallyn7 in the US (2017)
  • Tavyn7 in the US (2017)
  • Tylyn5 in the US (2017)
  • Taranthunder or deity of thunder50 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Talyn

Names that are said the same way as Talyn, 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 Talyn

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