Brynlee is a modern American coinage that combines Bryn, the Welsh word for "hill", with the fashionable ending -lee, so it is usually read as "hill meadow" or simply as a longer, softer form of Brynn. It belongs to the same family as Brinley, Kinsley and Paisley, names built from pleasant sounds rather than old roots. Brynlee entered the US top 1000 in 2008, peaked at number 187 in 2019 and ranks number 243 among girls' names in 2025.