Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Brion as a surname developed from Brión.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brion through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,896
- 2,807 boys · 89 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 87 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,361 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −26%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,361 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 20.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 87 in 1957. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,275 as a first name in 2020; 1,089 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.
Brion’s family of names
In English usage, Brion as a surname developed from the Galician form Brión. Brion has a related form in Brian. In French usage, Brion as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Galician form Brión.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Brion
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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