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Brydan

Boy · BRY-dun · Scottish

Brydan is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).

Where does Brydan come from?

Scottish: spelling of Bryden; Scottish surname, also used as a variant of Brayden

Say it
BRY-dun

Meaning borrowed from Bryden.

Is Brydan a girl's or a boy's name?

Brydan 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 Brydan 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 Brydan, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2011, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.

Half of all the boys named Brydan in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

2003Busiest: 30 in 20112025
Brydan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#12,003
20240–
20230–
20220–
20217#9,709
20200–
20190–
201810#7,613
20170–
20167#9,659
20155#12,080
20149#8,124
201313#6,236
20128#8,858
201130#3,509
201023#4,240
200915#5,796
20088#9,013
200710#7,586
20060–
200512#6,220
20040–
20037#8,636

Nicknames for Brydan

Names like Brydan

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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