Brynlee
Brynlee is a modern English feminine given name, which could be derived either from a modern combination of the names Bryn and Lee or from a respelling of the English surname and place name Brinley, meaning “burned clearing.” The name's sound pattern and names ending in -lee are currently fashionable in the United States.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Brynlee
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Brynlee is a modern English feminine given name, which could be derived either from a modern combination of the names Bryn and Lee or from a respelling of the English surname and place name Brinley, meaning “burned clearing.” The name's sound pattern and names ending in -lee are currently fashionable in the United States.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Brynlee
The earliest SSA record of Brynlee as a baby girl name dates back to 1995, when 5 babies received it. 2019 was its biggest year on record, with 1,577 newborns named Brynlee — #187 in the national rankings. About 52% of every Brynlee on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Brynlee ranks #258 for baby girls with 1,237 births, gradually falling (-14%). All told, over 23K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Brynlee
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Brynlee. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Brynlee
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About the name Brynlee
Brynlee is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1995 and has accumulated 23K births in the dataset. Brynlee's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #187. Use the chart and map above to compare Brynlee'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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