Brilan

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Brilan by the numbers

Brilan was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Brilan

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

  • Brianhigh, noble1,763 in the US (2017)
  • Brylan45 in the US (2017)
  • Brilyn13 in the US (2017)
  • Brilant3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Bryanhigh, noble; a form of Brian1,827 in the US (2017)
  • Briarthorny shrub, bramble640 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Brilan

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

Names about as common as Brilan

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