Jaylin

Jaylin is one of the most successful invented names of the last three decades, a cousin to Jalen, Jaylen, and Jaylynn, all riffing on the same bright Jay beginning. The Jay itself echoes James or Jason or simply the bird, while the lin ending gives it the lilt of Lynn or Colin. In the NBA, Jaylen Brown and Jaylin Williams have carried the sound onto national broadcasts. At 1635 and unisex, it reads contemporary American, phonetic and rhythmic, two syllables with a confident open vowel up front. Jaylin is a name built for the twenty-first century and wearing it comfortably.