Fun Facts About the Name Reylynn
- 145 babies named Reylynn: U.S. records list 145 babies given the name Reylynn from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Reylynn Mean?
Reylynn has no etymological record of its own; it is best understood as a compound of two familiar elements. The second element, Lynn, is an English surname and given name derived from Welsh llyn, "lake," and also associated with Old English hlynn, "torrent" or "stream." The first element is not settled. Rey is Spanish for "king," from Latin rex, regem. Ray has separate origins: it can come from medieval French rei, "king," or from the Germanic element ragin, "counsel," as in Raymond. Rae is usually a short form of Rachel. Read as Rey plus Lynn, the name is sometimes glossed as "king's lake," but that is a compositional reading of its parts, not a documented meaning of the whole name.
Reylynn Name History & Origins
Reylynn is used chiefly in the United States and is built from familiar name elements rather than inherited as a single word from an older language. It fits a pattern common in English-speaking countries from the twentieth century onward, in which a short first element is joined to -lynn, as in Marilyn, Jacquelyn, and Evelyn, where an older name's final syllable was reinterpreted as the element Lynn. The doubled n in -lynn is a modern respelling of the more usual -lyn. Because the name is a compound, it has no line of older forms in Old or Middle English behind it.
The two parts have their own histories. Lynn has long been used as a surname and given name in Britain and North America, and the Welsh source word llyn appears in many place names in Wales. Rey is an established given name in Spanish-speaking countries, where it means "king." Reylynn should be kept distinct from these names and from similar-looking ones; a shared look or sound does not by itself show a shared origin.
How Popular is the Name Reylynn?
Reylynn 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 2019. Its best rank was #6,645 in 2019.
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 | #14,559 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #8,820 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #11,968 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #10,245 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #9,415 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #6,645 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2018 | #8,067 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #8,201 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #7,906 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2015 | #16,022 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #11,078 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #16,356 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #19,586 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #19,873 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #18,559 | 5 | 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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