Given name
Brynja
Brynja is a feminine given name. It is used in Faroese and Icelandic.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brynja through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 148
- 0 boys · 148 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,350 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −28%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,350 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 2008.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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