Brinn Family History
Brinn Name Meaning
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Brin . Welsh (Pembrokeshire): habitational name from any of the many places called from Welsh bryn ‘hill’ (Brittonic brunnjo) such as Bryn (Glamorgan) Bryn (Shropshire) or Brynn (Lancashire). English: from Middle English brine ‘burning’ (Old English bryne) probably with the sense of ‘place cleared by burning’. The name might be topographic for someone who lived at a burnt place or a habitational name from a place so named such as Burn in Yorkshire.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022