Jaylene
Meaning of Jaylene
Jaylene, pronounced JAY-leen (/dʒeɪˈliːn/), is generally regarded as a 20th-century American coinage that marries the crisp avian spark of “Jay” to the soft, lilting “-lene” found in Pauline, Charlene and their kin—an alloy that, to Persian sensibilities, feels as fluid as calligraphy traced across turquoise tiles. Recorded in U.S. charts since the late 1930s and hovering mostly between the 500th and 800th ranks, the name has displayed the quiet persistence of a desert spring: never ostentatious, never entirely dry. Etymologically unencumbered by saints or ancient goddesses, Jaylene offers parents a tabula rasa, while still echoing vaguely familiar sisters such as Jolene, Kayleen and Maylene. Psychologists note that its dominant long-“ee” vowel often reads as youthful and optimistic, and even numerologists—whose objectivity is, shall we say, aspirational—assign it the nurturing number six. In short, Jaylene is a modern, gently musical choice: distinctive enough to avoid the classroom chorus yet straightforward enough that even the most tongue-tied barista will get it right on the first call.
Pronunciation
American English
- Pronunced as JAY-leen (/dʒeɪˈlin/)
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