Brekken

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 23 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
23
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Brekken by the numbers

Brekken was given to 23 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 37 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Brekken

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

  • Breckynspeckled, freckled; a spelling variant of Breckin66 in the US (2017)
  • Brekyn5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Brekken

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

  • Breckenspeckled, freckled; a spelling variant of Breckin369 in the US (2017)
  • Breckinspeckled, freckled; from Breccan66 in the US (2017)
  • Breckanfreckled; a form of Breccan10 in the US (2017)
  • Breckon24 in the US (2017)
  • Breken11 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Brekken

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