Brena

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

Brena by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 36 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Brena

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

  • Brendasword; firebrand290 in the US (2017)
  • Brennadark raven; fem. of Brennan259 in the US (2017)
  • Breenafairy palace or variant of Brenna14 in the US (2017)
  • Brenraven or teardrop14 in the US (2017)
  • Brinafair or noble; a form of Brien or Bryn12 in the US (2017)
  • Brynahill; a form of Bryn12 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Brena

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

  • Breannanoble, high; a form of Brianna283 in the US (2017)
  • Brennahdescendant of Branan; a form of Brennan6 in the US (2017)
  • Breeananoble; a form of Brianna
  • Breana27 in the US (2017)
  • Breeanna10 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Brena

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