Nicknames for Brianna Jane

  1. Bonnie
    • Origin:

      Scottish
    • Meaning:

      "beautiful, cheerful"
    • Description:

      Bonnie is an adorable nickname name, heading back up the popularity list after a 50-year nap. A Top 100 girls' name throughout the rest of the English-speaking world, Americans are later to jump on the Bonnie bandwagon but now it's trending here too.
  2. Briar
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "a thorny patch"
    • Description:

      Fairy-tale memories of Sleeping Beauty inspire some parents—such as Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen—to call their daughters Briar Rose. But Briar plus a different middle name might work even better. It's one of the newly popular nature-word names, charting in the US for the first time in 2015 for both genders.
  3. Bryn
    • Origin:

      Welsh
    • Meaning:

      "hill"
    • Description:

      Bryn is an up-and-coming gentle, yet substantial, Welsh name that would also be effective in the middle spot. In Wales it's a traditional boys' name, but it's far more popular for girls now in the US.
  4. Beru
    • Ibby
      • Origin:

        English
      • Meaning:

        "pledged to God"
      • Description:

        An English diminutive of Isabel or Elizabeth that works best with a longer form on the birth certificate.
    • Ida
      • Origin:

        German
      • Meaning:

        "industrious one"
      • Description:

        Many vowel names stylish a century ago are coming back, and Ida seems like a possible, logical successor to Ada and Ava.
    • Ina
      • Origin:

        Latin, feminine suffix
      • Description:

        This suffix is used as an independent name, but doesn't your little girl deserve more?
    • Irina
      • Origin:

        Russian from Greek
      • Meaning:

        "peace"
      • Description:

        Irina is a Russian ballet-inflected classic, one of the Three Sisters in the Chekhov play. While some Americans will pronounce this like Irene with three syllables, the pronunciation used throughout Europe, where it's widely used, starts with a short i as in it or if and a strong emphasis on the second syllable.
    • Iris
      • Origin:

        Flower name; Greek
      • Meaning:

        "rainbow"
      • Description:

        Iris has so much going for it. It's a fashionable flower name. It's a mythological name, from the Greek goddess of the rainbow. And it's a classic name, always ranking in the girls' Top 1000 but now at its highest point ever.
    • Juno
      • Origin:

        Latin
      • Meaning:

        "queen of the heavens; young"
      • Description:

        Juno is an ancient name that feels as fresh as if it had been minted, well, not yesterday, but in 2007. Since the release of the popular indie film Juno, this lively but strong Roman goddess name has held new potential as a baby name. Currently in the UK Top 500 and used in The Netherlands too, Juno is on the rise in the US - and is 15 times more popular than it was before the release of the film.
    • Mabel
      • Origin:

        Diminutive of Amabel, Latin
      • Meaning:

        "lovable"
      • Description:

        Mabel is a saucy Victorian favorite rising in popularity in the US over the past decade, after a 50-year nap If you love offbeat old-fashioned names like Violet or Josephine, only sassier, Mabel is one for you to consider.
    • Malin
      • Origin:

        Scandinavian diminutive of Magdalene
      • Meaning:

        "high tower or woman of Magdela"
      • Description:

        A multi-cultural name that's in the Norwegian Top 50 and well-used throughout the Scandinavian cultures. Malin has the advantage of being at once simple and unusual.
    • Mim
      • Origin:

        Diminutive of Miriam
      • Description:

        A hum of a name occasionally heard. Madame Mim was a villain in Disney's "The Sword in the Stone."
    • Mimi
      • Origin:

        Diminutive of Mary, Miriam, and others
      • Description:

        Sweet, nicknamey name belonging to the tragic heroines of both La Bohème and Rent. Mimi might feel too slight for many parents to use on the birth certificate, but as a short form, it's one of the cutest of the cute baby names.
    • Nan
      • Origin:

        English, diminutive of Nancy
      • Description:

        Bobbsey Twins-era nickname name that could find new life via Nan, heroine of The Nanny Diaries. Nan was also the nickname of Annabel St George, the protagonist of Edith Wharton's novel "The Buccaneers".
    • Nana
      • Origin:

        Diminutive of Anna and Nancy; also Hawaiian
      • Meaning:

        "spring"
      • Description:

        To most English speakers, Nana is the dog in Peter Pan, the daughter played by Emma Stone in Crazy Stupid Love, and another name for Grandma.
    • Nann
      • Nanou
        • Nara
          • Origin:

            Japanese place name or Celtic
          • Meaning:

            "happy"
          • Description:

            Soft, simple, and far more unusual than Tara or Farrah. As a Japanese place name, it's been used occasionally as a surname and is beginning to be used as a first. Nara is also the name of a Hindu (male) God and the name means "man" in Hindi.
        • Nena