Briana

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Brianna in US United States, AU Australia, AR Argentina and 23 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Briana is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name137K records spelled Briana30 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Peru, Ecuador

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Bri'Ana, Bríana, Brïänä, Briänä, Brianá

• a separate given name9.2K records spelled Briana2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written Bríana

• Arabic given name1.7K records spelled Briana13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Egypt, Israel

  Languages: Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic

  Also written Brianna, בריאנה, 'Briana, Brïänñã

• Indonesian given name1.5K records spelled Briana3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Indonesia, Peru, Canada

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Briänä

• Polish given name974 records spelled Briana8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Poland, Russia, Peru

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Бриана, Бріана

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Briana is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Irish, Feminine form of Brian.

  as a name·Irish first names

• A feminine form of Brian.

  as a name·Irish first names

• Fuerte, de gran fortaleza

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 74 years between 1950–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Michole Briana Whiteb. 1969USAmerican actress
• Briana Scurryb. 1971USAmerican soccer player
• Briana Banksb. 1979DEGerman-American pornographic actress and model
• Brianna Brownb. 1979USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
• Brie Bellab. 1983USnot in their usual nameAmerican professional wrestler (born 1983)
• Brianna Loveb. 1985USnot in their usual nameAmerican pornographic actress
• Briana Eviganb. 1986USAmerican actress
• Briana Cuocob. 1988USAmerican actress and singer
• Jordin Sparksb. 1989USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer
• Brianna Hildebrandb. 1996USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (born 1996 or 1997)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 584 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Briana?

We estimate roughly 234 thousand people bear Briana (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Briana have the most bearers?

We estimate about 221 thousand people bear Briana in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled brianna.

Where is Briana most common?

Briana is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.5 thousand people carrying it.

How common is Briana compared with other names?

In the United States, Briana is the 512th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Briana a male or female name?

Briana is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Briana mean?

Recorded meaning: A female given name from Irish, masculine equivalent Brian, in regular use since the 1970s.