Ellyn

Where Ellyn comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Ellyn.

Ellyn through the years
  1. 1898
    First appearance
    #1,502 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1947
    Ellyn Stern born
    American voice actress
  3. 1952
    Peak, #994
    90 babies named Ellyn, its best rank.
  4. 1959
    Ellyn Setnor Bogdanoff born
    American politician
  5. 1963
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,715.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Ellyn Setnor Bogdanoff · American politician, born 1959
  • Ellyn Stern · American voice actress, born 1947
  • Ellyn Kaschak · American psychologist, 1943–2025
  • Ellyn Jade · Canadian actress and model
  • Ellyn Ngai · Hong Kong female artist, winner of the Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2024, born 2001

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.