Brinn

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 18 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
18
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Brinn by the numbers

Brinn was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 36 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Brinn

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

  • Brionnoble or high; a form of Brian16 in the US (2017)
  • Briannstrong or noble; variant of Brian14 in the US (2017)
  • Briennoble high; a form of Brien12 in the US (2017)
  • Brinfair or noble; a form of Brien12 in the US (2017)
  • Brinafair or noble; a form of Brien or Bryn12 in the US (2017)
  • Briarthorny shrub, bramble640 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Brinn

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

  • Brynnhill; a form of Bryn1,097 in the US (2017)
  • Brynhill147 in the US (2017)
  • Brynnehill; a form of Bryn40 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Brinn

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