Gray-haired or pleasant lake
A modern American compound name combining the color Gray with the popular suffix -lyn. It likely draws from the English surname Gray, referring to hair color or a pleasant demeanor, and the Welsh-derived 'lyn' meaning lake.
Less common today
Graylyn isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #6,134 in 2019.
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).