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Meaning & Origins
From the vocabulary word denoting the hardy, brightly coloured plant (Middle English hather; the spelling was altered in the 18th century as a result of folk etymological association with heath). The name was first used in the late 19th century and became particularly popular from the mid-1940s.
| 74th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Americanized spelling of German Breuniger (see Breunig), or of the habitational name Briniger, denoting someone from Brinnig in southern Bavaria.
| 12,712th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Heater, Heathyr, Heathr, Heathre, Heatehr, Heathere, Heathar, Heathera, Heathor, Heatherr
Brinkley, Brinson, Brink, Brinkman, Brinker, Brinkerhoff, Brindley, Brindle, Brinton, Briner
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