Fun Facts About the Name Brevin
- More than 1 thousand babies named Brevin: U.S. records list 1,112 babies given the name Brevin from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Brevin Mean?
Brevin is a modern English given name, and it has no separate etymology of its own. It looks like a name built from parts of older names rather than one inherited whole, so its meaning is uncertain. The usual explanation treats it as a blend: the Br- opening of names such as Brett or Brendan joined to the -evin ending of Kevin. Under that reading the meaning is borrowed rather than original. Kevin comes from Irish Caoimhín, a diminutive of caomh ('gentle, kind, handsome'), and Brett comes from Old French Bret, 'a Breton.' Brendan comes from Irish Bréanainn, whose derivation is disputed. A second possibility is that Brevin is a variant spelling of Bevin, a Welsh surname and occasional given name from ap Evan, 'son of Evan,' with Evan itself an English form of John. Because no derivation specific to Brevin is documented, its meaning is best given as uncertain.
Brevin Name History & Origins
Brevin is a recent name in English-speaking countries, used mainly in the United States. It belongs to a broad group of twentieth- and twenty-first-century names made by attaching a familiar ending to a familiar opening sound, in this case the -vin of Kevin, Gavin, and Alvin following a Br- onset. Names of this kind spread through ordinary naming fashion rather than through a patron saint, a feast day, or a long literary tradition.
Bevin, the older name Brevin most resembles, has a separate history: it is a Welsh surname from ap Evan ('son of Evan'). Whether Brevin grew out of Bevin, out of a blend of other names, or from both influences at once is not documented. Because the name is not tied to a single community or language, there are no earlier forms in other languages to trace and no established development to describe.
How Popular is the Name Brevin?
Brevin has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1998. Its best rank was #1,114 in 1998.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,321 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #11,104 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #9,094 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #6,759 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #7,595 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #6,835 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #7,187 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #7,167 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #4,974 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2015 | #3,997 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2014 | #4,156 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2013 | #3,417 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2012 | #3,310 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2011 | #3,119 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 2010 | #3,316 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2009 | #3,053 | 38 | 0.0019% |
| 2008 | #3,351 | 33 | 0.0016% |
| 2007 | #2,261 | 58 | 0.0028% |
| 2006 | #2,660 | 44 | 0.0021% |
| 2005 | #2,403 | 48 | 0.0024% |
| 2004 | #1,912 | 64 | 0.0032% |
| 2003 | #2,032 | 56 | 0.0028% |
| 2002 | #1,818 | 63 | 0.0032% |
| 2001 | #2,057 | 51 | 0.0026% |
| 2000 | #1,655 | 70 | 0.0036% |
| 1999 | #1,532 | 73 | 0.0038% |
| 1998 | #1,114 | 115 | 0.0060% |
| 1997 | #1,334 | 84 | 0.0045% |
| 1996 | #3,694 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1995 | #5,164 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #5,919 | 9 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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