Londyn

Londyn is London with its vowels rearranged—the great city by the Thames reimagined for a girl. The Y-spelling distinguishes the name from the place and tips it gently feminine, a move parents have made across Brooklyn, Jordyn, and Kaydyn. London itself traces back through Roman Londinium to older Celtic roots whose meaning is still argued by linguists. The name entered the American Top 1000 in 2011 and has climbed quickly, now near 305. Two syllables, LUN-din, urbane and portable. Place-name cool with a modern American signature; Londyn sounds like a girl who grows up with her passport handy.