Baby name
FADING GIRL · GERMANIC
🇩🇪 🇦🇹 Mailin
/MY · lin/
Meaning
“Gentle light”
German feminine name, a phonetic adaptation of Maylin or a blend of Mai and Lin; popular in Germany in the 2000s.
How it ages.
Very 2000s German; the -lin suffix trend has cooled, making this feel dated now.
The cultural moment.
Peaked in Germany around 2005 to 2015; declining.