Bryn.
A male given name from Welsh.
Meaning & usage
A male given name from Welsh.
A female given name from Welsh in occasional modern use.
Part of several place names in Wales and elsewhere.
A suburb of Ashton-in-Makerfield, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD5700).
A village and community in Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS8192).
Where this word comes from
From Welsh bryn (“hill, mound”), or Cumbric *brınn (“hill”) in the Greater Manchester place-name.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.