Zylan

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 30 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
30
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zylan by the numbers

Zylan was given to 30 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 36 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Zylan

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

  • Zyan21 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zylen24 in the US (2017)
  • Zaylan22 in the US (2017)
  • Zylon8 in the US (2017)
  • Zylas7 in the US (2017)
  • Zylin5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Zylan

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

  • Xylonfrom the forest; a modern respelling of Xylon11 in the US (2017)
  • Xylan7 in the US (2017)
  • Xylen5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Zylan

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