Brentyn

A boys’ 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

Brentyn by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 14 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Brentyn

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

  • Brentonsettlement of the Britons or on a steep hill155 in the US (2017)
  • Brennyndescendant of Branan; modern spelling of Brennan6 in the US (2017)
  • Brendyn27 in the US (2017)
  • Brenten13 in the US (2017)
  • Brextyn8 in the US (2017)
  • Bentyn6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Brentyn

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

Names about as common as Brentyn

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