Brendy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BREN-dee
- Origin
- Old Norse
Brendy is a girls' name of Old Norse origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Brendy mean?
Old Norse: pet form of Brenda
Brenda was popularised by Walter Scott's 1821 novel The Pirate, set in Shetland.
Is Brendy a girl's or a boy's name?
Brendy is a girls' name.
How popular is Brendy in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Brendy in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brendy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
Names like Brendy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy, Brynn, Teagan, Keely, Devyn, Keiry, Brooklyn, Keegan, Brynlee, Keeley, Kenley, Breanna
Names related to Brendy
More Old Norse names
Freya, Ronnie, Ralph, Eric, Astrid, Colby, Rafe, Odin, Ralphie, Erik, Freyja, Erick, Bo, Ronald, Bjorn, Erica
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, “Brendy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brendy, updated 20 October 2026.