Gracelyn

Gracelyn: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“modern blend of Grace and Lynn”
Origin
American (modern coinage)
Say it
GRAYS-lin · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Modern combined name from Grace and Lynn. Grace comes from Latin gratia, while Lynn ultimately reflects a Welsh element meaning 'lake'.

How popular is Gracelyn?

2024200 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Gracelyn in 2024666

2024 rank#467 girls

Peak year2020

Total US babies since 188015,240

Gracelyn has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Gracelyn

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Samanthauncertain; probably feminine form of Samuel · American (modern coinage)
  • Raelynnmodern blend of Rae and Lynn · American (modern coinage)
  • Nevaehheaven spelled backward · American (modern coinage)
  • Ellianamodern blend of Ellie and Ana · American (modern coinage)
  • Wrenleymodern blend using Wren and -ley · American (modern coinage)
  • Oaklynnmodern blend of Oak and Lynn · American (modern coinage)
  • Adalynnmodern blend of Ada and Lynn · American (modern coinage)
  • Kayleemodern blend of Kay and Lee · American (modern coinage)

Gracelyn questions

What does the name Gracelyn mean?

Gracelyn means "modern blend of Grace and Lynn". It comes from American (modern coinage). Modern combined name from Grace and Lynn. Grace comes from Latin gratia, while Lynn ultimately reflects a Welsh element meaning 'lake'.

Is Gracelyn a boy or girl name?

Gracelyn is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Gracelyn?

666 US babies were named Gracelyn in 2024. Its peak year was 2020.

How do you pronounce Gracelyn?

Gracelyn is usually pronounced GRAYS-lin.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.