Brenin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BREN-in
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Brenin is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “king”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Brenin mean?
Welsh: Welsh word
“king”
Brenin is the everyday Welsh word for a king.
Is Brenin a girl's or a boy's name?
Brenin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brenin in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 5 boys.
Brenin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
How popular is Brenin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Brenin, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
2025 had more boys named Brenin than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Brenin in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 267 boys in the US were given Brenin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #830, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Brenin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
Nicknames for Brenin
- Bren 7 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Brenin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Brody Kayden Ronan Aiden Brayden Conan Kian Caelan Brogan Keegan Declan
Other spellings of Brenin
Names related to Brenin
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Brenin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brenin, updated 20 October 2026.