Briel

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 24 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
24
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Briel by the numbers

Briel was given to 24 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 38 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Briel

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

  • Briefrom the Brie region of France79 in the US (2017)
  • Brierthorny plant, wild rose40 in the US (2017)
  • Briennoble high; a form of Brien12 in the US (2017)
  • Briela16 in the US (2017)
  • Briell10 in the US (2017)
  • Briea6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Briel

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

  • Briellegod is my strength; a form of Gabrielle2,880 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Briel

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