Given name & surname
Brinn
“from the hill”
Brinn is a variant of Bryn. One Welsh interpretation is “from the hill.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Brinn is a variant of Bryn. One Welsh interpretation is “from the hill.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Brinn 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 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brinn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 620
- 15 boys · 605 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,245 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −46%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,245 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 45.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 36 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 689 as a first name in 2020; 799 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Brinn
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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