Given name

Laikin

“man from the lake”

Laikin is a variant of Laken. One American interpretation is “man from the lake.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Laikin is a variant of Laken. One American interpretation is “man from the lake.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Laikin is a variant of Laken. An origin associated with Laken is American.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Laikin through the years

Babies since 1880
73
5 boys · 68 girls
Most popular year
2019
11 babies
2025
5
#16,236 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
Boys Girls
024620002025Highest share 1995Boys 0.0Girls 3.1
Laikin in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1991–2025, per million births of each sex. 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

In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,236 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

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

Laikin’s family of names

Laikin has a related form in Laken.

Walk Laikin’s family in the name graph

LaikinLaykinLaken

Inner ring: spellings · outer: 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.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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Sibling ideas

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

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