Bronn

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, 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

Bronn by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 7 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Bronn

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

  • Brannraven; a form of bran5 in the US (2017)
  • Bronx163 in the US (2017)
  • Brinn18 in the US (2017)
  • Bronc9 in the US (2017)
  • Bron7 in the US (2017)
  • Brodyditch or muddy place491 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Bronn

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