Carlyn

Where Carlyn comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Carlyn.

Carlyn through the years
  1. 1900
    First appearance
    #1,932 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1936
    Carlyn Kruger born
    Canadian alpine skier
  3. 1943
    Peak, #952
    68 babies named Carlyn, its best rank.
  4. 1951
    Carlyn Chisholm, Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen born
    British noble
  5. 1958
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,939.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Carlyn Kruger · Canadian alpine skier, born 1936
  • Carlyn Chisholm, Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen · British noble, born 1951
  • Carlyn Baldwin · American soccer player, born 1996
  • Carlyn Fischer · South African athletics competitor, born 1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.