Brayam

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, 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

Brayam by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 29 babies in 2003, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Brayam

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

  • Brayannoble; high; variant of Brian346 in the US (2017)
  • Bryanhigh, noble; a form of Brian1,827 in the US (2017)
  • Braylanbroad hill; a modern spelling of Braden or Braydon44 in the US (2017)
  • Bradansalmon13 in the US (2017)
  • Bryar112 in the US (2017)
  • Braydan25 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Brayam

Nobody has voted for Brayam yet

Vote for Brayam and put it up against all the other baby names

Vote for Brayam