The Brim surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,717 people carried this name — #8,808 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted. That is down 8% from 4,060 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Brim surname

As an English surname, spelling variant of Bream. As a Jewish surname, acronymically from Hebrew בן רבי (bén rabí, “son of Rabbi…”) followed by a Yiddish personal name.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Brim» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the Nordic population registers

36 people named Brim is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 36

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Brim in American newspapers,
1896–1917.

Newspaper page from The Dawson News carrying the name Brim
The Dawson News 1917-10-16
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Brim
The Salt Lake Herald 1896-05-08
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Brim
The Salt Lake Herald 1897-12-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,274 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Brim in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1980s.

2,806 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Brim. The most, 539, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 878
New South Wales 698
Queensland 593
Western Australia 309
South Australia 216
Tasmania 101
ACT (Canberra) 7
Northern Territory 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Brim.

Who carried it

People named Brim,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Orville Gilbert Brim 1883–1987 · pedagogue
  • Robert Brim 1909–
  • John Brim 1922–2003 · singer
  • Orville Gilbert Brim, Jr. 1923–2016 · psychologist
  • Grace Brim 1923–1999 · musician
  • Georgy Brim 1935–1999 · painter

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Brim,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States218 records

218 records of the Brim name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 109
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 42
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 30
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 24
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Carl W. Brim

    Born 1918 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1940 at Tulsa; farm hand from Ottawa County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Daniel L. Brim

    Born 1931; from Wabash County, Indiana. U.S. Army, heavy weapons infantryman; died of wounds 1951 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ignace Brim

    Arrived at New York in 1850 aboard the Admiral from Havre, aged 24; farmer. From Baden, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 218 records for Brim in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia14 records

14 records of the Brim name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 7
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Ann Brim

    Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1840. Married 1840 in Launceston, Tasmania, aged 25.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Robt Brim

    Sailed from Victoria in 1852 aboard the Shamrock II, bound for Sydney.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record George A. Brim

    Held a land order in Queensland in 1862.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Brim in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands6 records

6 records of the Brim name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Pieter Janssen Brim

    Married in 1636 in Vlissingen.

    Open Archives, Gemeentearchief Vlissingen (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Henrica Brim

    Buried in 1804 in Arnhem.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Janneken Brim

    Baptised in 1644 in Bergen op Zoom.

    Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Brim in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Germany4 records

4 records of the Brim name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 3
  • German emigration and citizenship files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Dyonis Brim

    From Stöttwang, Schwaben. Reported dead in the Bavarian casualty list of 16 June 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 17).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Martin Brim

    Left Wien as an emigrant in 1821.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Landshut (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Thomas Brim

    From Stöttwang, Schwaben. Reported dead in the Bavarian casualty list of 19 December 1914 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 17).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Brim in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Brim name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 1
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record E. Brim

    Norfolk Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. Brim

    Bedfordshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Brim in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Brim name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Raymonde Marie Josephe Brim

    Born 1914 in Yzernay (Maine-et-Loire); died 1998 in Antigny (Vienne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Norway1 record

1 record of the Brim name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Frederikke Brim

    Census of 1910: Krogbøl, Enebak; born 1891 in Fredrikhald.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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