Brin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BRIN
- Origin
- Welsh
Brin is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “hill”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Brin mean?
Welsh: spelling of Brinn, itself a variant of Bryn
“hill”
Meaning borrowed from Brinn.
Is Brin a girl's or a boy's name?
Brin is a girls' name.
How popular is Brin in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Brin in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
Names like Brin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynn Teagan Cassidy Devyn Brooklyn Keegan Brynne Braelynn Brynlee Rhiannon Bree Brecken
Names related to Brin
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred
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, “Brin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brin, updated 20 October 2026.