Bryn - Meaning of Bryn

What does Bryn mean?

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[ 1 syll. bryn, br-yn ] The baby girl name Bryn is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced BRihN †. Bryn is of Celtic and Welsh origin. It is used mainly in English and Welsh. Welsh origin: It is derived literally from the word bryn with the meaning 'hill'. See Bryn for more information.

In addition, Bryn is a form of the English and Irish Brianna.

Bryn is also a spelling variant of the English Brynn.

Forms of the name include the English Brin, the English Brinn, the English Bryne, and the English Brynne.

Another variant of Bryn is the English familiar form Bren.

See also the related categories, english, celtic, and welsh.

Bryn is rare as a baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 2011, 0.019% of baby girls were named Bryn. It was #745 in rank then. The baby name has fallen out of favor since then, and is used only on an infrequent scale now. Out of the family of girl names directly related to Bryn, Brianna was the most popular in 2018. Bryn has in the last century been primarily given to baby girls.

Baby names that sound like Bryn include Brin, Brinn, Brinne, Brynn, Brynne, Barayne, Brann, Bren, Brenn, Brenne, Briene, Bron, Brune, Bryne, Baran, Barann, Baranne, Bareen, Barein, and Bareine.

† Pronunciation for Bryn: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"