Verlyn

Where Verlyn comes from

Verlyn 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
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,457 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1923
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1933
    Verlyn Flieger born
    British writer
  4. 1934
    Peak, #881
    51 babies named Verlyn — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1941
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,372.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Verlyn Flieger · British writer, born 1933

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.