Merlyn

Where Merlyn comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Merlyn.

Merlyn through the years
  1. 1908
    First appearance
    #1,373 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1910
    Merlyn Evans born
    Welsh painter, printmaker and educator
  3. 1920
    Merlyn Rees born
    British politician
  4. 1931
    Peak, #507
    128 babies named Merlyn, its best rank.
  5. 1944
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #832.
  6. 2014
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Merlyn Rees · British politician, 1920–2006
  • Merlyn Evans · Welsh painter, printmaker and educator, 1910–1973
  • Merlyn Phillips · Canadian ice hockey player, 1896–1978
  • Merlyn Uusküla · Estonian singer and composer, born 1984

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.