Given name

Bryndis

Bryndis is a feminine given name. It is used in Faroese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Bryndis comes from Old Norse.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old Norse Bryndís.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Bryndis through the years

Babies since 1880
5
0 boys · 5 girls
Most popular year
1957
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
—
Too few births to compare
01231960198020002025Highest share 19570.0
Bryndis in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1957–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1957. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

BryndisBryndís

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Bryndis, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Irish · Royal

Brenda

“a princess; wielding a sword” · “born to royalty; a prince”

43UncommonEasing

>99% girls

Old Norse · Nature

Tinna

Tinna is a variant of Tina. One English interpretation is “from the river; also shortened torm of names ending in -tina.”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Old Norse

Inga

“having the beauty of the god Ing” · “protected by the god Ing”

16Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Norwegian · Nature

Marita

“star of the sea” · “from the sea of bitterness”

21RareSteady

>99% girls

Scandinavian · Norse

Ingrid

“having the beauty of the god Ing”

48UncommonEasing

>99% girls

Old Norse

Brekke

“slope, descent”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

French

Gala

“a merrymaker; of the festive party” · “a singer”

36RareRising

>99% girls

Scandinavian

Ingeborg

“protected by the god Ing”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Bryndis’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Bryndis

A sister for Bryndis