Name meaning & stats
Bristol
Bristol means “the place by the bridge”. 11,585 US babies since 1940, peak 2019.
What it means
“the place by the bridge”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2019
11,585 US babies were named Bristol between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Bristol (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 82% of the family
- Bristol 82%
- Brystol 10%
- Brystal 5%
- Bristal 2%
- Bristyl 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2019)