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 [ 1 syll. brai(n), br-a-in ] The boy name Brain is pronounced BREYN KEY. Brain's origin is Celtic, and its use, English. Brain is a variant of Brian (English and Irish). Brain is uncommon as a baby boy name. At the height of its usage in 1975, 0.011% of baby boys were given the name Brain. It had a ranking of #595 then. The baby name has fallen out of favor since then, and is of only very modest use now. Within the family of boy names directly linked to Brain, Brian (English and Irish) was the most frequently used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Brain include Barn (English), Beirne (Irish), Bern (English and German), Bjarne (Scandinavian), Bjoern (Scandinavian), Bjorn (Scandinavian), Bjorne (Scandinavian), Björn (Scandinavian and German), Bjørn (Scandinavian), Brahm (English), Bram (Dutch and English), Bran (English), Bren (English), Brin (English and Welsh), Brinn (English), Bron (English and Irish), Brone (Irish), Brown (English), Bryn (English and Welsh), and Brynn (Welsh). KEY: Pronunciation for Brain: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
