Yaslyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Yaslyn by the numbers

Yaslyn was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 14 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Yaslyn

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

  • Yaslin26 in the US (2017)
  • Yailyn16 in the US (2017)
  • Yazlyn13 in the US (2017)
  • Yasminjasmine flower137 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yoselyncheerful or joyful; a variant of Jocelyn41 in the US (2017)
  • Yazmynjasmine flower; variant of Yasmin9 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Yaslyn

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