Brynja
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BRIN-ya
- Origin
- Old Norse
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Brynja is a girls' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “coat of mail”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Brynja mean?
Old Norse: Icelandic name from Old Norse brynja
“coat of mail”
Icelandic name from the Old Norse word for a coat of mail; it also forms the first part of Brynhild.
Is Brynja a girl's or a boy's name?
Brynja is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brynja in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Brynja, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Brynja in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brynja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
Names like Brynja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Braelynn Briar Brylee Brooklyn Bryanna Mckenna Breanna Brenna Braylee Kenley Devyn
More Old Norse names
Freya Ronnie Ralph Eric Astrid Colby Rafe Odin Ralphie Erik Freyja Erick Bo Ronald Bjorn Erica
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, “Brynja: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brynja, updated 20 October 2026.