Brightly

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Brightly by the numbers

Brightly was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Brightly

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

  • Brightonbright settlement; a place name used as a given name230 in the US (2017)
  • Brighten19 in the US (2017)
  • Brightyn14 in the US (2017)
  • Brighley5 in the US (2017)
  • Brigitteexalted one; strength64 in the US (2017)
  • Brigetteexalted one; a variant of brigitte18 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Brightly

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