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Girl · English (modern coinage)
Brynlee Say it: BRIN-lee
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Meaning A modern American coinage, blending Brynn with the -lee ending.
Certain scholars agree on this meaning.
Rose in the US in the 2010s.
Its wave through time Popular now
In the United States 0 50 100 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 2019 per 100,000 babies of that sex 15,375 babies given this name since 1995 At its height in 2019, about 1 in 1,100 girls 1,490 babies in 2020 The family of the name Other spellings: Brinley, Brynleigh
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