Brance

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Brance by the numbers

Brance was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 15 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Brance

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 Brance. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Branch70 in the US (2017)
  • Brace9 in the US (2017)
  • Brycespeckled or freckled2,468 in the US (2017)
  • Brucefrom Bruis in France714 in the US (2017)
  • Bricespeckled or freckled155 in the US (2017)
  • Brandensword or fiery beacon; form of Brandon115 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Brance

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