Meaning & origin
What it means
Brimley goes back to Old English brōm, meaning “broom.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English brōm (“broom”), built from English broom + -leigh.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brimley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 0 boys · 12 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 664 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.
Brimley’s family of names
In English usage, Brimley as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Bromley.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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