Brush Forename

494,051st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 316 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Zambia

Brush Forename Definition:

A very English contraction and transformation of Ambrose, q. v., it is one of those excellent names which are, heaven knows why, falling into desuetude.

Brush Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India
93%
 
1071:11,354,000326,915
United States-621:5,847,37169,596
Zambia-301:528,49311,862
Cambodia
78%
 
251:650,93312,367
Peru
100%
191:1,673,23418,385
Zimbabwe
100%
161:963,98934,627
Malaysia
100%
121:2,537,49569,200
Afghanistan
 
82%
101:3,262,35223,137
Congo
100%
61:834,86813,992
England
100%
61:9,267,15467,986
Papua New Guinea
100%
51:1,630,463100,826
China-31:455,351,92789,064
Australia-31:4,552,54130,048
New Zealand-21:2,268,02212,390
Uganda
100%
21:20,478,46091,660
Kenya
100%
21:23,153,55556,680
Pakistan
100%
11:194,357,680303,535
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
South Africa
100%
11:54,532,649471,300
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Thailand-11:70,065,813391,235
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239

Brush (11,667) may also be a surname.

Brush Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A very English contraction and transformation of Ambrose, q. v., it is one of those excellent names which are, heaven knows why, falling into desuetude.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A baptismal name corrupted from Ambrose.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Brush Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Braush9118/
Broush9115/
Bhrush916/
Brushe913/
Brusch912/
Bruush911/
Brutsh911/
Brus8926,348/
Bruh89102/
Brahush8338/
Brusche831/
Brouh80315/
Bruse80291/
Bruss80208/
Bruch8046/
Brosh8038/
Bruis8035/
Breus8032/
Brudh8020/
Vrush8017/
Brust8016/
Brauh8016/
Bruuh8013/
Bruzh805/
Bruus805/
Bruhs804/
Bruys803/
Brusc803/
Bruhh802/
Brous802/
Braus802/
Bbrsh801/
Bruph801/
Brhus801/
Bru75854/
Bhrosh73157/
Brusse73128/
Bruche7334/
Brouha7321/
Bruise7314/
Brouse7312/
Brauch7311/
Broosh7310/
Brouss737/
Brouch736/
Brusce735/
Breuse734/
Brutch734/
Breuch733/
Brucht732/
Bruddh732/
Bruich732/
Braust731/
Broust731/
Brouph731/
Brouht731/
Brouds731/
Bruizh731/
Bruith731/
Brhuss731/
Brauss731/
Brause731/
Breuss731/
Brouhe731/
Brou67159,625/
Bros671,173/
Bruc67246/
Brud67122/
Brut67122/
Brau6772/
Bruy6768/
Bruj6761/
Bruz6747/
Brui6742/
Bhru6741/
Breu6739/
Brup6729/
Brux6718/
Bruu6711/
Brousse675/
Brúh675/
Vrus675/
Brgu673/
Brouche672/
Breuche672/
Brzu671/
Vrushsh671/
Braucht671/
Brausse671/
Brhu671/
Brós671/
Bruis's671/
Broucht671/
Brru671/
Wrus671/

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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Brush