Xylan

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Xylan by the numbers

Xylan was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Xylan

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

  • Xylonfrom the forest; a modern respelling of Xylon11 in the US (2017)
  • Xylas6 in the US (2017)
  • Xyan5 in the US (2017)
  • Xylen5 in the US (2017)
  • Xylusfrom the forest; woodland dweller5 in the US (2017)
  • Xyler14 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Xylan

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

Names about as common as Xylan

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