Waylyn

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 22 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
22
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Waylyn by the numbers

Waylyn was given to 22 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 12 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Waylyn

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

  • Waylin29 in the US (2017)
  • Weylyn25 in the US (2017)
  • Wallyforeigner; welsh; a diminutive of Wallace or Walter16 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Waylyn

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

  • Waylonland beside the road2,434 in the US (2017)
  • Waylenland beside the road; a modern respelling of Waylon93 in the US (2017)
  • Waylanland by the road; a form of Wayland44 in the US (2017)
  • Waylynn48 in the US (2017)
  • Whalen11 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Waylyn

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