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