Merilyn

Where Merilyn comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Merilyn.

Merilyn through the years
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #3,434 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1935
    Peak, #813
    70 babies named Merilyn, its best rank.
  3. 1951
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,665.
  4. 1957
    Merilyn Phillips born
    Caymanian racing cyclist
  5. 1981
    Merilyn Gómez Pozos born
    Mexican politician and lawyer
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Merilyn Gómez Pozos · Mexican politician and lawyer, born 1981
  • Merilyn Phillips · Caymanian racing cyclist, born 1957
  • Merilyn Uudmäe · Estonian athlete, born 1991
  • Merilyn Tahi · women's rights activist, born 1950

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.