Brim
See also: brim
English
editEtymology
editAs an English surname, spelling variant of Bream.
As a Jewish surname, acronymically from Hebrew בן רבי (bén rabí, “son of Rabbi…”) followed by a Yiddish personal name. Compare Brill.
Proper noun
editBrim (plural Brims)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Brim is the 8808th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3717 individuals. Brim is most common among White (61.8%) and Black/African American (31.96%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brim”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 228.