Brais

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Brais by the numbers

Brais was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 7 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Brais

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Brais. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Brainsorrow or raven; from Bran6 in the US (2017)
  • Brois11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Bradybroad, wide; a surname used as a given name1,737 in the US (2017)
  • Blairplain or battlefield682 in the US (2017)
  • Blaisestammering or lisping; from Blasius265 in the US (2017)
  • Brantfire; sword64 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Brais

Names that are said the same way as Brais, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Brais

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