Bryn
/bɹɪn/
Bryn proper noun: a male given name from Welsh.
Proper noun
Bryn
- 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).
Origin of Bryn
From Welsh bryn (“hill, mound”), or Cumbric *brınn (“hill”) in the Greater Manchester place-name.
Words formed from Bryn
Words that rhyme with Bryn
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- chin
- Flynn
- bin
- Quinn
- sin
- tin
- corinne
- inn
- din
- Finn
- grin
- kin
- lin
- linn
- unpin
- Benin
- min
- shin
- violin
- wherein
- within
- akin
- been
- begin
- brin
- chin-chin
- hin
- lyn
- mandolin
- whin
- zoom in
- agin
- agrin
- Arabian jasmine
- blin
- djinn
- Douyin
- edge in
- gimme some skin
- glyn
- herein
- jinn
- Karin
- kissing kin
- lecithin
- Nguyen
- nin
Questions about Bryn
- What does Bryn mean?
- Bryn means a male given name from Welsh.
- What part of speech is Bryn?
- Bryn is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Bryn?
- Bryn is pronounced /bɹɪn/.
Words near Bryn in the dictionary
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