Raelynn is a modern American blend, joining Rae, a short form of Rachel meaning "ewe" in Hebrew, with the popular suffix lynn, itself a Welsh word for "lake." Country singer RaeLynn brought the spelling into broader view in the early 2010s, and the name entered the U.S. top 200 in 2014, riding the wave of coined lynn names alongside Brynn and Jaelynn. Two syllables snap neatly together, the opening ray bright and the close soft. It carries a distinctly contemporary American cadence, open highways, acoustic guitars, a certain unfussed femininity. Raelynn feels invented in the best sense, made on purpose.
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1880 to today
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- Julia
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