Bryon
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning hill; a variant spelling of Bryan.
Babies a year
36
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Bryon by the numbers
Bryon was given to 36 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 450 babies in 1970, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bryon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Brysonson of Brice; descendant of the speckled one4,641 in the US (2017)
- Bryanhigh, noble; a form of Brian1,827 in the US (2017)
- Brynhill147 in the US (2017)
- Brytonfrom the settlement of the Britons64 in the US (2017)
- Breonnoble or high; a form of Brian50 in the US (2017)
- Brionnoble or high; a form of Brian16 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Bryon
Names that are said the same way as Bryon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a mountain
Like Bryon, 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 Bryon
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