Brinna

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Brinna is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, to burn, to be on fire

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In gmq-osw, to burn, be on fire

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

How do you pronounce Brinna?

A machine transcription gives /bɹɪnə/ (IPA) for English.

Is Brinna a male or female name?

Brinna is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).

In which country does Brinna have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 835 people named Brinna, more than in any other country we hold.

Where is Brinna most common?

Brinna is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 398 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Brinna?

In the United States, the national register counted 835 people named Brinna in 2020, about 1 in 398 thousand residents.