Given name & surname
Wylin
“from the roadside land”
Wylin is a variant of Waylon. One English interpretation is “from the roadside land.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wylin is a variant of Waylon. One English interpretation is “from the roadside land.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Wylin is a variant of Waylon. An origin associated with Waylon is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2018. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wylin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25
- 25 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,922 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,922 among boys’ 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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