Bitter or pearl; combined with the suffix -leen
Mayleen is a modern compound name, likely blending the month or flower name May with the popular Irish-influenced suffix -leen. It can be interpreted as a variant of Mary (meaning bitter) or Margaret (meaning pearl) combined with a diminutive ending.
Less common today
Mayleen isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #2,718 in 2012.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
