Elin

Where Elin comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Elin.

Elin through the years
  1. 1877
    Elin Pelin born
    Bulgarian writer
  2. 1882
    Elin Wägner born
    Swedish writer, journalist and Suffragette
  3. 1893
    First appearance
    #1,023 among girls with 9 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2011
    Peak, #662
    428 babies named Elin, the most in any year.
  5. 2018
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,190.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Elin Wägner · Swedish writer, journalist and Suffragette, 1882–1949
  • Elin Pelin · Bulgarian writer, 1877–1949
  • Elin Rubensson · Swedish association football player, born 1993
  • Elin Danielson-Gambogi · Finland Swedish painter, 1861–1919
  • Elin Nordegren · Swedish model, born 1980

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.