Franklyn

Franklyn is a boy's and girl's baby name of Old French origin, a variant of Franklin, from the Middle English frankeleyn, from the Old French franc (free man), meaning 'free landholder' or 'a free man who owns land' — the medieval English social rank above serf and below knight.

With over 6,073 recorded births, Franklyn is the more elaborated spelling of Franklin — adding the -y- for a slightly more formal written character. The name carries the heritage of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, statesman, inventor, and writer, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd U.S. president who led America through the Great Depression and World War II. Franklyn sits in that same tradition of American confidence and civic purpose.