Bronx: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “from Bronck's place”
- Origin
- Dutch
- Say it
- brongks · 1 syllable
- Used for
- Boys (94% of all uses)
Taken from the New York borough name, itself from Jonas Bronck, a 17th-century settler whose surname was probably Dutch or Scandinavian in form. As a given name, it is a modern place-name use.
How popular is Bronx?
Babies named Bronx in 2024167
2024 rank#1,299 boys
Peak year2022
Total US babies since 18802,332
Bronx is rising: use over the last five years is 1.7× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Bronx
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Bronx questions
What does the name Bronx mean?
Bronx means "from Bronck's place". It comes from Dutch. Taken from the New York borough name, itself from Jonas Bronck, a 17th-century settler whose surname was probably Dutch or Scandinavian in form. As a given name, it is a modern place-name use.
Is Bronx a boy or girl name?
Bronx is mainly a boy's name in US records (94% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Bronx?
167 US babies were named Bronx in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.
How do you pronounce Bronx?
Bronx is usually pronounced brongks.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.