Brinna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BREE-nuh
- Origin
- Slavic
Brinna is a girls' name of Slavic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Brinna come from?
Slavic: spelling of Brina; Slovene name, perhaps linked to brin 'juniper'; in the US also short for Sabrina
Meaning borrowed from Brina.
Is Brinna a girl's or a boy's name?
Brinna is a girls' name.
How popular is Brinna 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 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Brinna in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brinna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Brinna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Brynn, Breanna, Brenna, Cassidy, Bryanna, Mckenna, Brianna, Brooklyn, Devyn, Brynlee, Kiara
Names related to Brinna
More Slavic names
Mila, Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri
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, “Brinna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brinna, updated 20 October 2026.