Brendyn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BREN-din
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Brendyn is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “prince”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Brendyn mean?
Irish: spelling of Brendan, from Old Irish Brénainn
“prince”
Saint Brendan the Navigator, a 6th-century Irish monk, was said to have sailed the Atlantic in search of paradise.
Is Brendyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Brendyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brendyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Brendyn, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 96 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.
2025 had fewer boys named Brendyn than any year since 1987.
Half of all the boys named Brendyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 293 boys in the US were given Brendyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #783, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Brendyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,084 |
| 2014 | 45 | #2,659 |
| 2013 | 51 | #2,423 |
| 2012 | 74 | #1,922 |
| 2011 | 72 | #1,926 |
| 2010 | 67 | #2,036 |
| 2009 | 96 | #1,637 |
| 2008 | 85 | #1,760 |
| 2007 | 56 | #2,304 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,036 |
| 2005 | 53 | #2,233 |
| 2004 | 48 | #2,340 |
| 2003 | 51 | #2,149 |
| 2002 | 53 | #2,042 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,023 |
| 2000 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1999 | 58 | #1,746 |
| 1998 | 41 | #2,196 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,676 |
| 1996 | 28 | #2,674 |
| 1995 | 28 | #2,621 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
Names like Brendyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden Keegan Aiden Declan Finn Ronan Kayden Brody Kian Finnegan Teagan Brogan
Other spellings of Brendyn
Names related to Brendyn
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Connor Casey Kennedy Callan Lennon Cillian
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, “Brendyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brendyn, updated 20 October 2026.