Brain
A unisex name of Irish origin, meaning sorrow or raven; from Bran.
Brain by the numbers
Brain was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 189 babies in 1982, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Bran
Like Brain, each of these traces back to Bran: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Brain. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Brinfair or noble; a form of Brien12 in the US (2017)
- Blainbleak or pale; a blain or blister11 in the US (2017)
- Blairplain or battlefield682 in the US (2017)
- Britainland of the britons; place name used as given name59 in the US (2017)
- Breonnoble or high; a form of Brian50 in the US (2017)
- Baranstorm or rain19 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Brain
Names that are said the same way as Brain, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a bird
Like Brain, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Brain
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