Given name & surname
Newlin
“from the new pond”
Newlin is used as a given name and a surname. One Welsh interpretation is “from the new pond.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Welsh interpretation is “from the new pond.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Welsh.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Newlin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 15 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 5 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 boys is 5 in 1941. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,147 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.
Newlin’s family of names
Newlin has a related form in Neulin. Newlin has a related form in Neulinn. Newlin has a related form in Neulyn.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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