Breylan

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Breylan by the numbers

Breylan was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Breylan

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

  • Braylanbroad hill; a modern spelling of Braden or Braydon44 in the US (2017)
  • Brylan45 in the US (2017)
  • Breylin17 in the US (2017)
  • Breylon11 in the US (2017)
  • Breylen9 in the US (2017)
  • Bryanhigh, noble; a form of Brian1,827 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Breylan

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

Names about as common as Breylan

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