Given name & surname
Edlin
“a wealthy friend”
Edlin is used as a given name and a surname. One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “a wealthy friend.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “a wealthy friend.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Anglo-Saxon.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Edlin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 303
- 14 boys · 289 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 53 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 53 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 495 as a first name in 2020; 1,172 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Edlin’s family of names
Edlin has a related form in Edel. Edlin has a related form in Edlyn. Edlin has a related form in Edlyn.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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