Given name & surname
Brin
“from the hill”
Brin is a variant of Bryn. One Welsh interpretation is “from the hill.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Brin is a variant of Bryn. One Welsh interpretation is “from the hill.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Brin is a variant of Bryn. An origin associated with Bryn is Welsh.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 450
- 37 boys · 413 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −79%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 710 as a first name in 2020; 856 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.
Brin’s family of names
Brin has a related form in Bryn. In Greek usage, Brin as a surname is a transliteration of Μπριν.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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