Bryn
A boys’ name of Welsh origin, meaning hill.
Bryn by the numbers
In 2025, 19 babies in England and Wales were named Bryn. In the US, 147 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 369 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
Names that come from Bryn
Forms of Bryn in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Brynleehill meadow; a form of Bryn with English suffix1,408 in the US (2017)
- Brynnhill; a form of Bryn1,097 in the US (2017)
- Brynleighhill meadow; a modern respelling of Bryn with -leigh suffix231 in the US (2017)
- Brynleyhill meadow; a form of Bryn with English suffix217 in the US (2017)
- Brynliehill meadow; a form of Bryn with English suffix -lie65 in the US (2017)
- Brynnahill; a form of Bryn or Brynn60 in the US (2017)
- Brenleehill meadow; a form of Bryn with English -lee suffix45 in the US (2017)
- Brynnehill; a form of Bryn40 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bryn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Bryn
Names that are said the same way as Bryn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Brinn18 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a mountain
Like Bryn, each of these has a mountain in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Landonlong hill; open grassy hill6,390 in the US (2017)
- Brandonbeacon hill or gorse covered hill3,482 in the US (2017)
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
- Knoxround hill1,646 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Bryn
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