Brixley is a modern American coinage with no traditional meaning: the punchy syllable Brix, familiar from Brixton and the nickname Brix, is joined to the beloved girls' ending -ley, as in Paisley and Kinsley; the ending goes back to Old English leah, a "clearing" or "meadow". The name was essentially unknown before 2019, leapt from number 6214 to number 2445 in 2020, peaked at number 2236 in 2023 and stands at number 2444 in 2025 with 73 girls.