Franklyn
Where Franklyn comes from
Franklyn hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.
Along the way
- 1878Franklyn Farnum bornAmerican actor
- 1885First appearance#836 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
- 1933Peak, #486133 babies named Franklyn — more than any year before or since.
- 1941The fadeThe first year with half the peak's births — down to #762.
- 1949Franklyn Ajaye bornAmerican actor and comedian
In the dictionary
No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.
Namesakes
- Franklyn Farnum · American actor, 1878–1961
- Franklyn Ajaye · American actor and comedian, born 1949
- Franklyn Nubuasah · Motswana catholic archbishop, born 1949
- Franklyn Seales · American actor, 1952–1990
- Franklyn Barrett · Australian film director and cinematographer, 1873–1964
Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.