Home ruler or industrious lake
Emerlyn is a modern American coinage, likely created by blending the Germanic name Emer (a variant of Emery or Emmerich) with the popular suffix -lyn. It combines the elements of 'home ruler' or 'industrious' with the Welsh-derived 'lyn' meaning lake.
Less common today
Emerlyn isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #3,330 in 2024.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
