Bryston

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 52 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
52
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Bryston by the numbers

Bryston was given to 52 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 61 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Bryston

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 Bryston. 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)
  • Brytonfrom the settlement of the Britons64 in the US (2017)
  • Briston16 in the US (2017)
  • Brysten6 in the US (2017)
  • Bryxton5 in the US (2017)
  • Braxtonbadger's homestead; place name3,350 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Bryston

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