Brinn Family History

Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Brin. Welsh (Pembrokeshire): habitational name from any of the many places called from Welsh bryn ‘hill’ (Brittonic brunnjo) such as Bryn (Glamorgan), Bryn (Shropshire), or Brynn (Lancashire).

English: from Middle English brine ‘burning’ (Old English bryne) probably with the sense of ‘place cleared by burning’. The name might be topographic for someone who lived at a burnt place or a habitational name from a place so named such as Burn in Yorkshire.