Eastern lake or pool
A modern American coinage combining the cardinal direction East with the popular suffix -lyn, often interpreted as 'lake' or 'pool' from the Welsh llyn. It evokes a sense of new beginnings associated with the rising sun in the east.
Less common today
Eastlyn isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #8,006 in 2022.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
