Brenham
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Brenham by the numbers
Brenham was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Brenham
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.
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