Brinley
[ˈbrɪnli]Meaning
burned clearing, from an English surname and place name
Background Story
Brinley is a combination of Bryn and the phonetic suffix lee, and coincides with an English surname derived from a town name meaning "burned clearing" in Old English. It is also possibly a variant of Brindley.
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