Fun Facts About the Name Chrislynn
- 476 babies named Chrislynn: U.S. records list 476 babies given the name Chrislynn from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Chrislynn Mean?
Chrislynn is a modern English compound name built from two familiar name elements rather than from a single ancestor. The first element, Chris, goes back to the Greek Christós, "anointed one," the Greek rendering of Hebrew mashiach (messiah). Through the names Christine, Christina, and Christopher, it is commonly understood as "follower of Christ" or "Christian." The second element, Lynn, comes from the Welsh llyn, "lake" or "pool," which passed into English through place names such as King's Lynn in Norfolk. Read together, the name carries the combined sense of the Christ element and the "lake" element.
The -lynn ending is not always Welsh in origin. In names such as Marilyn and Carolyn it also reflects a Germanic diminutive suffix -lin, so a name ending in -lynn does not automatically mean "lake." In Chrislynn the two parts are simply joined, and there is no single older form from which both derive.
Chrislynn Name History & Origins
The elements of Chrislynn have long histories, even though the combination of them is recent. Christopher and the feminine Christine and Christina were established in England by the Middle Ages, carried by the veneration of Saint Christopher and other early Christian saints. Chris as a short form used on its own as a given name is a 20th-century development. Lynn was used as a given name in Wales, where it came from the Welsh word for lake, and by the 19th and early 20th centuries it was also familiar in England and America, both as a surname and through place names.
The ending -lyn or -lynn became a productive way to build feminine names in the 20th century, as in Marilyn and Carolyn. Chrislynn follows that pattern, joining a short form of a traditional Christian name to the -lynn ending. It is most often used as a feminine name, and it is best understood as part of the broad practice of forming new given names from well-known shorter elements rather than as the continuation of an older name.
How Popular is the Name Chrislynn?
Chrislynn has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2015. Its best rank was #4,882 in 2015.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,589 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #6,424 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2023 | #8,141 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2022 | #8,132 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2021 | #5,794 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2020 | #9,064 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #5,834 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2018 | #5,196 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2017 | #5,702 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2016 | #4,883 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2015 | #4,882 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2014 | #5,052 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2013 | #5,352 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2012 | #6,660 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2011 | #6,619 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #6,975 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2009 | #7,403 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2008 | #9,070 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2007 | #7,461 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2006 | #13,899 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #11,106 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #13,049 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #11,532 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #11,346 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #15,854 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #9,310 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1999 | #10,548 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #10,313 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #11,091 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #13,949 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #13,859 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #9,742 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #13,895 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #13,579 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #10,627 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Chrislynn Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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