Brianna

Feminine variation of Brian

"strong, virtuous and honorable"

Brianna Origin and Meaning

The name Brianna is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "strong, virtuous and honorable".

Brianna's popularity in the US came later than father name Brian's, peaking in the 1990s, two decades after Brian's Top 10 reign of the 1970s.

But Brianna is more popular than Brian now, along with sister name Briana even taking a slight upward turn recently. That fresh sheen might be credited to Brienne of Tarth, a warrior-heroine of Game of Thrones.

Though it sounds like it might be a modern invention, the name actually appeared as far back as the sixteenth century in Edmund Spenser's poem The Faerie Queen. And Brian goes back a lot further, to Irish high king Brian Boru's reign around the year 1000.

Brianna Rank in US Top 1000

# 152 in the US

Brianna Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 735 on Nameberry

Brianna Popularity

• 152 US 2023
• 735 Nameberry 2024
• 435 England 2021

20 Names Similar to Brianna

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Brianna.

• Briana
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• Nicole
• Kayla
• Brielle
• Allison
• Andrea
• Crystal
• Brittany
• Caitlin
• Ashlyn
• Angela
• Kelsey
• Hailey
• Alyssa
• Ariana
• Stephanie
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• Courtney
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Famous People Named Brianna

• Brianna Perry aka Lil' Brianna American rapper
• Brianna Lynn Brown American actress
• Brianna Marie Keilar American TV journalist
• Brianna Caitlin Hildebrand American actress
• Brianna Decker American ice hockey player
• Brianna Love American adult film actress
• Brianna Lea Pruett American singer,songwriter
• Brianna Taylor American reality TV personality and singer
• (Megan) Brianna McConnell actress; twin sister Brittany McConnell
• Brianna Monique Garcia Colace aka Brie Bella, American pro wrestler
• Brianna Adkins daughter of country singer Trace Adkins

Brianna in Pop Culture

• Brianna character in the Inkheart trilogy by Cornelia Funke
• Brianna "The Breeze " character in the "Gone" series by Michael Grant
• Brianna character in "Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac"
• Brianna character in movie "A Cinderella Story"
• Brianna "Bree" Timmins character on Australian TV soap "Neighbours"
• Brianna Bauer character in "The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes"
• Brianna main character's younger sister in the "Dork Diaries" series
• Brianna character in Melody Carlson's "Never Been Kissed"
• Brianna Hanson character in "Grace and Frankie"
• Brianna Ellen Randall Fraser Mackenzie character in the Outlander Series, daughter of James “Jamie” Alexander Malcolm Mackenzie Fraser and Claire Elizabeth Beauchamp Randall Fraser