Brees

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Brees by the numbers

Brees was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 22 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Brees

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

  • Breonnoble or high; a form of Brian50 in the US (2017)
  • Brierthorny plant, wild rose40 in the US (2017)
  • Briennoble high; a form of Brien12 in the US (2017)
  • Bryer111 in the US (2017)
  • Bless40 in the US (2017)
  • Breeze31 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Brees

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

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