Brek
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BREK
- Origin
- Scottish
Brek is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “freckled, speckled”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Brek mean?
Scottish: spelling of Breck; from Scottish Gaelic breac, via a nickname and surname
“freckled, speckled”
Recalls Alan Breck Stewart, the Jacobite adventurer in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Kidnapped.
Meaning borrowed from Breck.
Is Brek a girl's or a boy's name?
Brek is a boys' name.
How popular is Brek in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1959.
Half of all the boys named Brek in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brek in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
Names like Brek
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody Brayden Finn Kayden Declan Finnegan Keegan Aiden Ronan Ridge Deacon Braylen
Names related to Brek
More Scottish names
Isla Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox Dallas
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Brek: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brek, updated 20 October 2026.