Bruin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BROO-in
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,284 for boys
Bruin is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “brown; bear”. In 2025 it ranked 2,284th for boys in the US (61 babies).
What does Bruin mean?
Germanic: from Dutch bruin 'brown'
“brown; bear”
Bruin is the bear in the medieval Reynard the Fox fables, which made the word an English name for a bear.
Is Bruin a girl's or a boy's name?
Bruin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 61 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bruin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,284among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 61about 1 in 28,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 61 boys in the US were named Bruin, making it the 2,284th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,504th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 76 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Bruin in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 66 boys in the US were given Bruin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,878, up from #2,284 for this spelling alone.
- Bruin 61
- Bruen 5
Bruin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,284 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 44 | #2,847 |
| 2022 | 51 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 76 | #1,963 |
| 2020 | 51 | #2,504 |
| 2019 | 57 | #2,363 |
| 2018 | 44 | #2,747 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
Names like Bruin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden Finnegan Kayden Brecken Declan Finn Ronan Braylen Deacon Raiden Aiden Cannon
Names related to Bruin
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
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, “Bruin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bruin, updated 20 October 2026.