Bree

Irish, from Brid, Brigh, Brigid

"strength or exalted one"

Bree Origin and Meaning

The name Bree is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "strength or exalted one".

A short, breezy name with a sophisticated yet upbeat image, that doesn't betray its Irish roots. Bree first came to notice here in 1971 via the complex prostitute character in the movie Klute, which earned Jane Fonda an Oscar. More recently, it was tied to the character of Bree Van de Kamp on Desperate Housewives.

Other recent references include Stephenie Meyer's novella The Short Second Life of Bree Turner in the Twilight series. And in the popular Fancy Nancy children's book series, Bree is Nancy's bff.

The Bree spelling is much preferable to the cheese-related Brie.

Bree Rank in US Top 1000

# 968 in the US

Bree Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1000 on Nameberry

Bree Popularity

• 1000 Nameberry 2024
• 694 Unique 2021

20 Names Similar to Bree

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Famous People Named Bree

• Bree Nicole Turner American actress
• Bree Olson (born Rachel Marie Oberlin) American actress
• Bree Amer Australian reality TV personality
• Bree Munro Australian skier
• Bree Sharp American singer,songwriter
• Bree Walker (born Patricia Lynn Nelson) American radio personality and activist
• Bree Joanna Alice Robinson birth name of punk rocker Brody Dalle
• Bree Esserig Youtuber and actor on "Nuclear Family" youtube channel

Bree in Pop Culture

• Bree Daniel character in 1971 film "Klute"
• Bree Van De Kamp character on Desperate Housewives
• Bree Blackburn from the movie "The Wild Thornberry's"
• Bree Tanner main character in Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series novella, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
• Brianna "Bree" Timmins from Australian TV soap "Neighbours"
• Lord of the Rings reference village of Bree
• Bree Davenport character in the show "Lab Rats"
• Bree a talking horse from the Narnia novel The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
• Bree one of three main characters in the novel "Every Soul a Star" by Wendy Mass
• Bree Avery main character from the web video series lonelygirl15
• Bree character in webcomic Tales from Wheeldust by Egoman Freeman
• Bree villager in the Animal Crossing videogames