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Brynn Say it: BRIN
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Meaning From Welsh bryn 'hill'.
Likely the main view, with some doubt.
In Wales Bryn is a boys' name; the Brynn spelling is mainly an American girls' name from the 1980s.
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In the United States 0 50 100 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 2011 per 100,000 babies of that sex 26,184 babies given this name since 1943 At its height in 2011, about 1 in 1,100 girls 932 babies in 2020 The family of the name Other spellings: Bryn
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