Brion

Where Brion comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Brion.

Brion through the years
  1. 1945
    Brion James born
    American actor
  2. 1945
    First appearance
    #2,743 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1957
    Peak, #803
    87 babies named Brion, the most in any year.
  4. 1960
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,193.
  5. 1984
    Brion Rush born
    American basketball player
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Brion James · American actor, 1945–1999
  • Brion Rush · American basketball player, born 1984
  • Brion Baker · football player, born 1988

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.