Brim

See also: brim

English

Etymology

As 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

Brim (plural Brims)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brim is the 8808^th 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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brim”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 228.

Anagrams

• IBMR, IRBM