Bray

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning hillside or slope.

Babies a year
6
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3256
6 babies

Bray by the numbers

In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Bray. In the US, 20 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 40 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

Names that come from Bray

Forms of Bray in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Braysonson of Bray; a form of Brayden218 in the US (2017)
  • Braysenson of Bray; a modern respelling of Brayson44 in the US (2017)
  • Brayleyhillside clearing; a form of Bray20 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Bradybroad, wide; a surname used as a given name1,737 in the US (2017)
  • Bradbroad; a diminutive of Bradley or Bradford55 in the US (2017)
  • Bramfather of multitudes; form of Abraham10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Branraven4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Braehillside or slope4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Brax29 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Bray

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