Hill or mound; meadow
A modern American invention combining the Welsh element 'bryn' meaning hill and the English suffix 'lei' or 'leigh' meaning meadow. It represents a contemporary trend of blending traditional Celtic sounds with popular phonetic endings.
Less common today
Brynlei isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #9,265 in 2017.
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).