Bryson

Bryson carries the flinty precision of a stonemason's chisel. An English and Scottish surname meaning son of Brice, Brice itself descending from a Gaulish word possibly meaning speckled, it joined the American boys chart in the late twentieth century and climbed steadily, helped along by a wave of surname-style picks. It now sits at 147. Two syllables with a bright opening BRY and a tidy N close, the long I doing much of the work. Nickname Bry keeps it friendly. Modern, confident, faintly athletic without being aggressively sporty. A name that sounds equally right on a baseball card and a college dean's list. Clean-cut and contemporary.