Verlyn

Where Verlyn comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Verlyn.

Verlyn through the years
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,457 among boys with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1923
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 1933
    Verlyn Flieger born
    British writer
  4. 1934
    Peak, #881
    51 babies named Verlyn, its best rank.
  5. 1941
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,372.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Verlyn Flieger · British writer, born 1933

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.