Bryn

Where Bryn comes from

From Welsh bryn (“hill, mound”), or Cumbric *brınn (“hill”) in the Greater Manchester place-name.
— Wiktionary's entry for Bryn
  • Welsh
  • 1 syllable
Bryn through the years
  1. 1949
    First appearance
    #3,612 among girls with 9 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1965
    Bryn Terfel born
    Welsh bass-baritone
  3. 1971
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  4. 1993
    Bryn Forbes born
    American basketball player
  5. 2011
    Peak, #744
    370 babies named Bryn, the most in any year.
  6. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,325.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Welsh.
  • A female given name from Welsh in occasional modern use.
  • A suburb of Ashton-in-Makerfield, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD5700).
Namesakes
  • Bryn Terfel · Welsh bass-baritone, born 1965
  • Bryn Forbes · American basketball player, born 1993
  • Bryn Vaile · British sailor, born 1956
  • Bryn McAuley · Canadian actress, born 1989
  • Bryn Gunn · English footballer, born 1958

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.