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Maryln
How to Pronounce Maryln
Pronounced MAIR-lin /ˈmɛr.lɪn/Medium
Meaning: Maryln is a syncopated spelling of Marilyn, which joined Mary - from the Hebrew Miriam, variously read 'beloved', 'bitter' or 'wished-for child' - with the fashionable -lyn ending. Maryln simply drops the middle vowel of Marilyn.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Maryln is one of the tightened respellings of Marilyn, the early-twentieth-century blend of Mary and the -lyn suffix. Mary descends from the Hebrew Miriam, and the -lyn ending, borrowed from Lynn, made a string of names - Marilyn, Carolyn, Evelyn - feel modern in their day.
Maryln peaked faintly around 1937 with only a few dozen girls a year and had faded by the late 1960s, always trailing far behind the standard Marilyn. It reads as a slightly clipped, homemade variant of a much better-known name.
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What does the name Maryln mean?
Maryln is a shortened spelling of Marilyn, which blends Mary (from Hebrew Miriam) with the -lyn ending.
How do you pronounce Maryln?
It's said MAIR-lin /ˈmɛr.lɪn/ — two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Maryln a boy or girl name?
Maryln is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Maryln?
Maryln was always rare, a trimmed variant of Marilyn that peaked faintly in the late thirties and faded within a generation.