Harvester or late summer; lake
A modern American blend combining the name Teri, a diminutive of Theresa meaning 'harvester', with the popular suffix -lyn, often associated with a lake. It represents a mid-20th-century trend of creating rhythmic, feminine compound names.
Less common today
Terilyn isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #5,786 in 1994.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
