The Brinley Family Name

The last name Brinley is another written form of Brindley, an English family name. The family name meaning is “burnt clearing”, the same as for Brindley.

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Brinley, so the heraldry linked to Brindley is a starting point, not an automatic right.

How the spelling arose

Before spelling was fixed, Brindley was also written Brinley. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Brindly.

In the 2010 US Census, 1,040 Americans gave Brinley as their last name (rank 24,174). For the full story, order the Brinley surname pack.