Elin is a girl's name of Scandinavian origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 70 girls in the United States.
Elin belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Elin first appears in Social Security records in 1893. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #662 in 2011, and in 2024 70 babies received the name — 4,999 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Elin is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Scandinavian origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Elin is a girl name. In 2024, 70 babies received the name in the US.
Elin comes from the Scandinavian tradition.
Elin first appears in US records in 1893. Its best-ever ranking was #662 in 2011, and 70 babies were given the name in 2024.
Elin is pronounced /web.archive.org/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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