Brī

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Brī is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: hauteur (de rivage).

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 124K(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 537K
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 5.1M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

2,682 people, 2020

Sources
90 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 124K (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Bri in US United States, FR France, CA Canada.

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.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

hauteur (de rivage)

Sources 1

  • Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Brī counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Brī is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2,6821 in 124K2.5KBri42
SE Sweden191 in 537K19——
CR Costa Rica11 in 5.1M1——
FR France———Bri90
CA Canada——1Bri8

2,682 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Brī is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name27 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, Germany, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Bri, Brí, Bri', Brï, Brî

  • Albanian name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bri

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Brī under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Brī mean, and where does it come from?
hauteur (de rivage) Recorded by Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003).
In which country does Brī have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 2.7 thousand people named Brī, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bri.
Where is Brī most common?
Brī is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 124 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Brī?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,682 people named Brī in 2020, about 1 in 124 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Brī”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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