Wylan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.
Wylan by the numbers
Wylan was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 16 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Wylan
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 Wylan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Waylanland by the road; a form of Wayland44 in the US (2017)
- Wylandfrom the battle land; a form of Wayland12 in the US (2017)
- Wymanbattle warrior; fighter in war9 in the US (2017)
- Waylonland beside the road2,434 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)
Names about as common as Wylan
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