girl's name
Brielle
bree-EL
- Origin Hebrew
- Gender Girl
- Letters 7
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 55,236
the United States
#143
2025 births
Brielle is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my strength." It is a modern shortening of Gabrielle, and is also the name of a Dutch town — though the name's use has nothing to do with it.
- Brielle is a name of Hebrew origin.
- Peaked in 2018, when 2,939 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 1,601 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1972.
Brielle over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 64 |
| 1980s | 635 |
| 1990s | 2,814 |
| 2000s | 6,589 |
| 2010s | 26,053 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 13,680 |
What Brielle means
Brielle means God is my strength, inherited from Gabrielle. Taken alone the syllable carries no meaning of its own; the sense belongs entirely to the name it was clipped from.
Where Brielle comes from
Brielle is a twentieth-century American shortening of Gabrielle, the French feminine of Gabriel, from the Hebrew Gavri'el — gever, strong man, and el, God. The angel Gabriel announces the births of both John the Baptist and Jesus in Luke. Brielle is separately a real place: a fortified town in the Netherlands whose capture in 1572 began the Dutch revolt against Spain, and a borough in New Jersey named after it. Neither has anything to do with the name's use, which is purely a clipping.
Brielle in use
Our data first records Brielle in 1972 and shows it peaking in 2018, still rising. That shape — absent from the record until the 1970s, then climbing — marks it as a modern coinage rather than a revival, the same curve traced by Kayden and Jayden.
How popular is Brielle?
In 2025, Brielle was given to 2,071 babies in the United States, ranking #143 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Brielle is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Brielle
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Brielle also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Brielle over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
4 nicknames for Brielle
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Brielle in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Brielle
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Brielle — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Brielle
What does the name Brielle mean?
Brielle means "God is my strength," inherited from Gabrielle.
Is Brielle short for Gabrielle?
Yes — it is a twentieth-century American clipping, now used as a full name.
Is Brielle a place?
There is a town in the Netherlands and a borough in New Jersey, but neither has anything to do with the name's use.
How popular is the name Brielle?
In 2025, Brielle was given to 2,071 babies in the United States, ranking #143 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Brielle a girl's or a boy's name?
Brielle is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Brielle most popular?
Brielle peaked in 2018, when 2,939 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Brielle?
Brielle is usually shortened to Bri, Elle, Bree and Brie.
Is Brielle a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Brielle currently ranks #103 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.