Virtue of hope combined with the lake or waterfall
A modern American compound name merging the English virtue name Hope with the popular suffix -lynn. Hope derives from the Old English 'hopian', while Lynn comes from the Welsh 'llyn' meaning lake. It represents a contemporary trend of creating rhythmic, feminine virtue names.
Less common today
Hopelynn isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #8,334 in 2022.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
