Ellyn - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Ellyn \e-ll-yn\ is a variant of Eleanor (Greek), Ellen (Greek) and Helen (Greek), and the meaning of Ellyn is "sun ray, shining light".

The baby name Ellyn sounds like Allyn, Elyn, Ellin, Ellon and Ellan. Other similar baby names are Edlyn, Elly, Emlyn and Evlyn.

Ellyn is a somewhat common first name for women (#2488 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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