girl's name
Brynlee
BRIN-lee
- Origin Modern coinage
- Gender Girl
- Letters 7
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 23,669
the United States
#243
2025 births
Brynlee is a girl's name of modern American coinage, combining the Welsh bryn, meaning hill, with the -lee ending from the Old English leah, a clearing. Sources gloss it as "hill meadow," which describes the parts accurately even though no such place or family name is recorded.
- Brynlee is a name of Modern coinage origin.
- Peaked in 2019, when 1,583 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 2,586 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1995.
Brynlee over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1990s 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 |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 57 |
| 2000s | 1,638 |
| 2010s | 12,208 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 8,347 |
What Brynlee means
Brynlee is read as hill meadow or meadow on a hill, joining the Welsh word for hill to the English word for a woodland clearing. Both elements are genuine; the combination is recent.
Where Brynlee comes from
Brynlee is assembled from two well-attested elements that were never previously joined. Bryn is the Welsh word for hill and is used as a given name in Wales, generally for boys, appearing in place names throughout the country. The suffix -lee, -leigh or -ley comes from the Old English leah, a clearing or meadow, and is one of the most common endings in English place names and surnames. Brynlee combines a Welsh word with an English suffix, a pairing that would not occur in either naming tradition on its own, which is the clearest sign of a modern coinage. United States birth records show it appearing in 1995. Its meaning is therefore accurate as a description of its parts and misleading as a claim about its history.
Brynlee in use
Brynlee joins a Welsh word to an English suffix — a combination that would not arise naturally in either language's naming tradition.
How popular is Brynlee?
In 2025, Brynlee was given to 1,282 babies in the United States, ranking #243 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Brynlee 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 Brynlee
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Brynlee also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Brynlee over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Brynlee
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.
Brynlee 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 Brynlee
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Brynlee — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Brynlee
What does the name Brynlee mean?
It is read as "hill meadow," from the Welsh bryn, hill, and the Old English leah, a clearing.
Is Brynlee a Welsh name?
It uses a Welsh word but is a modern American formation — the Welsh-plus-English combination does not occur in either tradition.
When did Brynlee start being used?
US birth records first register it in 1995.
How popular is the name Brynlee?
In 2025, Brynlee was given to 1,282 babies in the United States, ranking #243 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Brynlee a girl's or a boy's name?
Brynlee is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Brynlee most popular?
Brynlee peaked in 2019, when 1,583 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Brynlee?
Brynlee is usually shortened to Bryn.
Is Brynlee a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Brynlee currently ranks #243 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.