Given name
Aylin
“having a moonlit halo”
Aylin is used as a given name. One Turkish interpretation is “having a moonlit halo.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Turkish interpretation is “having a moonlit halo.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Turkish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aylin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16,935
- 63 boys · 16,872 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 899 babies
- 2025
- 885
- #345 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +7%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 885 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 345 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 7.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 893 in 2015. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (150). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 10,342 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aylin’s family of names
Aylin has a related form in Aileen. Aylin has a related form in Ayla.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aylin
- Aylin AslımTurkish singer (born 1976)
- Aylin TezelGerman actress and film director (born 1983)
- Aylin DaşdelenTurkish weightlifter (born 1982)
- Aylin NazlıakaTurkish business– and statesperson (born 1968)
- Aylin SarıoğluTurkish volleyball player (born 1995)
- Aylin VatankoşTurkish singer (born 1970)
- Aylin YarenTurkish-German association football player (born 1989)
- Aylin FazelianSwedish politicianborn 1992
- Aylin ÖzmenekTurkish animator (1942–2021)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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