Brinsley

British place and surname

"burnt meadow"

Brinsley Origin and Meaning

The name Brinsley is a boy's name.

A rarely used Nottinghamshire place name of the sort now being considered for girls.

Famous People Named Brinsley

• Brinsley Ernst Pieter Schwarz English guitarist of Graham Parker and The Rumour, Ducks Deluxe and Brinsley Schwarz
• Brinsley Allan Forde British actor and musician of reggae band Aswad
• (Richard) Brinsley Ford English art historian, scholar, and collector
• Brinsley MacNamara pen name of John Weldon, Irish novelist and playwright
• Brinsley Butler 2nd Earl of Lanesborough, Irish politician
• (William Francis) Brinsley Le Poer Trench 8th Earl of Clancarty, 7th Marquess of Heusden, Irish,Dutch UFOlogist and peer
• Brinsley Nicholson British physician and editor
• Richard Brinsley Sheridan English poet
• Edmund Brinsley Teesdale former British Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong