Brianna - Meaning of Brianna

What does Brianna mean?

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Brianna

[ 3 syll. brian-na, br-ia-nna ] The baby boy name Brianna is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. It is pronounced as BRiy-AA-Nuw- or BRiy-AENNuw- †. The origin of Brianna is Celtic. Brianna is a variant of the name Brian (English, Gaelic, and Irish).

See also the related category celtic.

Brianna is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Brianna, Brian was the most widely used in 2018. Brianna has in the past century been mostly given to girls.

Baby names that sound like Brianna include Barami, Berhanu, Berihun, Birino, Brawnee, Briana, Briano, Bruino, Brunone, Brycyn, Burimi, Baern, Baerne, Bahram, Bairam, Bairn, Bairne, Bajram, Baram, and Baran.

† English pronunciation for Brianna: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)"