Bryn

See also: bryn

English

Etymology

From Welsh bryn (“hill, mound”) or, in the Greater Manchester place-name, Cumbric brinn (“hill”)

Proper noun

Bryn

1. A male given name from Welsh.
2. A female given name from Welsh in occasional modern use.
3. Part of several place names in Wales and elsewhere.
4. A suburb of Ashton-in-Makerfield, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD5700).
5. A village and community in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS8192).

Derived terms

• Bryn-crug

 

Anagrams

• Byrn