Brinley is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given nameBrinley Rees (1919–2004), Welsh academicBrinley Richards (1904–1981), Welsh language poet and author, Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales 1972–1975Brinley Williams (1895–1987), Welsh dual-code international rugby wingHenry Brinley Richards (1817–1885), Welsh composerSurnameBertrand R. Brinley (born 1917), American writer of short stories and children's talesCharles Brinley (1880–1946), American actor of the silent eraD. Putnam Brinley (1879–1963), American artist of the modernist schoolGodfrey Brinley (1864–1939), tennis player from the United States