Weylin

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Weylin by the numbers

Weylin was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 23 babies in 1977, making it a 1970s name.

What we can tell you about Weylin

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

  • Waylin29 in the US (2017)
  • Weylyn25 in the US (2017)
  • Waylonland beside the road2,434 in the US (2017)
  • Westinfrom the western settlement263 in the US (2017)
  • Wyliecrafty or tricky; from wile153 in the US (2017)
  • Waylenland beside the road; a modern respelling of Waylon93 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Weylin

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

  • Whelandescendant of Faolan; little wolf8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Weylin

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