Bryn

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/bɹɪn/

proper noun

A male given name from Welsh.

OriginWelsh bryn ← Cumbric *brınn →
Less commonScrabble 9
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A male given name from Welsh.
  2. A female given name from Welsh in occasional modern use.
  3. Part of several place names in Wales and elsewhere.
  4. A suburb of Ashton-in-Makerfield, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD5700).
  5. A village and community in Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS8192).

Origin

  1. Cumbric*brınn“hill”
  2. Welshbryn“hill, mound”
  3. EnglishBryn

From Welsh bryn (“hill, mound”), or Cumbric *brınn (“hill”) in the Greater Manchester place-name.

More words from Welsh, Cumbric

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Bryn

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Sounds the same

brin

Anagrams

Byrn
Cite this entry
APA

Bryn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bryn

MLA

“Bryn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bryn. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bryn,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bryn.

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