Edlyn

Where Edlyn comes from

A 20th-century coinage, apparently a blend of Ed + Lyn, or a variant of Edeline.
— Wiktionary's entry for Edlyn
  • Germanic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1955
    First appearance
    #5,828 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1989
    Peak, #3,673
    27 babies named Edlyn — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1991
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #7,430.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes

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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.