Elynn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-in
- Origin
- Greek
Elynn is a girls' name of Greek origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Elynn mean?
Greek: spelling of Ellyn, itself a spelling of Ellen, a medieval English form of Helen
Ellen was the usual medieval English form of Helen, the name of Saint Helena, mother of the emperor Constantine.
Meaning borrowed from Ellyn.
Is Elynn a girl's or a boy's name?
Elynn is a girls' name.
How popular is Elynn in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.
Half of all the girls named Elynn in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elynn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 49 | #3,302 |
| 2010 | 49 | #3,305 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
Nicknames for Elynn
Names like Elynn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Braelynn Oaklynn Lakelynn Raelynn Brynlee Lennon Teagan Sevyn Rylynn Adalynn Londyn Elowyn
Names related to Elynn
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Elynn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elynn, updated 20 October 2026.