Given name

Jyn

Jyn is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Jyn isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Jyn through the years

Babies since 1880
56
0 boys · 56 girls
Most popular year
2018
11 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
0%
Steady
024682025Highest share 20180.0
Jyn in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2017–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 2018.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Jyn’s family of names

Jyn has a related form in Jin.

Walk Jyn’s family in the name graph

JynJin

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Jyn, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Joliee

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jaciana

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jiaying

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Brookllyn

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Breighlyn

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% girls

Irish · Modern

Ffion

“having a pale face”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Maslyn

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Joliene

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Jyn’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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