Given name
Gaylin
“a healer; one who is calm”
Gaylin is a variant of Galen. One Greek interpretation is “a healer; one who is calm.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gaylin is a variant of Galen. One Greek interpretation is “a healer; one who is calm.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Gaylin is a variant of Galen. An origin associated with Galen is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1931. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gaylin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 191
- 110 boys · 81 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 16 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 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1952. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 337 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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