Bransen

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 59 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
59
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Bransen by the numbers

Bransen was given to 59 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Bransen

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

  • Bransonson of Bran the raven327 in the US (2017)
  • Brandensword or fiery beacon; form of Brandon115 in the US (2017)
  • Braysenson of Bray; a modern respelling of Brayson44 in the US (2017)
  • Brannenraven; related to bran5 in the US (2017)
  • Bransyn19 in the US (2017)
  • Bronsen7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Bransen

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