Brend
The river Brend is a right-bank tributary of the Fränkische Saale (Franconian Saale), in Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the district Rhön-Grabfeld.
Meaning & Origin of Brend
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The river Brend is a right-bank tributary of the Fränkische Saale (Franconian Saale), in Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the district Rhön-Grabfeld.
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The Story of Brend
The earliest SSA record of Brend as a baby girl name dates back to 1957, when 10 babies received it. 1963 was its biggest year on record, with 17 newborns named Brend — #3,066 in the national rankings. About 73% of every Brend on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Brend last appeared in the published SSA data in 1969, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 56 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Brend
Brend is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1957 and has accumulated 56 births in the dataset. Brend's peak popularity came in 1963 when it ranked #3,066. Use the chart and map above to compare Brend's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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