Given name & surname
Brinley
“from the burnt meadow”
Brinley is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the burnt meadow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the burnt meadow.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brinley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13,641
- 151 boys · 13,490 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 1,007 babies
- 2025
- 481
- #608 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 481 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 608 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 31.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,000 in 2017. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (33). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,080 as a first name in 2020; 1,045 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.
Brinley’s family of names
Brinley has a related form in Brynlee. Brinley has a related form in Brinlee. Brinley has a related form in Brynley.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 32
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Brynleevariant · English
- Brynleighvariant
- Brynleyvariant
- Brinleevariant · English
- Brinleighvariant
- Brynlievariant · English
- Brinnleylikely variant
- Brynleavariant
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- Brynlivariant
- Brynlyvariant
- Brindleyvariant · English
- Brinleavariant
- Brinlievariant
- Brinlivariant
- Brinlyvariant
- Bryndleevariant
- Bryndleahvariant
- Bryndleavariant
- Bryndleighvariant
- Bryndlievariant
- Bryndlivariant
- Bryndlyvariant
- Bryndleyvariant
- Brynleahvariant
- Brindleevariant
- Brindleahvariant
- Brindleavariant
- Brindleighvariant
- Brindlievariant
- Brindlivariant
- Brindlyvariant
- Brinleahvariant
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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