Given name & surname
Brilliant
“a dazzling and sparkling woman”
Brilliant is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a dazzling and sparkling woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a dazzling and sparkling woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brilliant through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 67
- 46 boys · 21 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #10,876 for boys · #15,340 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,876 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 496 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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