Brianna

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Briana in DE Germany, AL Albania, BE Belgium and 1 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◐

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

• a separate given name16K records spelled Brianna2 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Bri-Anna

• Arabic given name3.2K records spelled Brianna13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Egypt, Israel

  Languages: Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic

  Also written Briana, בריאנה, 'Briana, Brïänñã

• English given name2.9K records spelled Brianna118 spellings in the group

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

  Languages: English, Spanish, Chinese

  Also written Breanna, Breanne, Bre'Anna, Briana, Bre-Anna

• Thai given name913 records spelled Brianna5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Laos, Thailand, Peru

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written Briann, Brîäńńä

• a separate given name491 records spelled Brianna4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Canada

  Also written Bŕįaņńą, Brïâññä, Brîanna

52 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●

Brianna 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.

• 2 A female equivalent of Brian, found occasionally in England from the 16th century onwards. Variant: Brianne. See also }Breanna.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In French, Féminin de Brian/Bryan; origine celtique, « importance ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In English, feminine form of Brian

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

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) — 63 years between 1963–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Brianna Brownb. 1979USAmerican actress
• Brie Bellab. 1983USnot in their usual nameAmerican professional wrestler (born 1983)
• Brianna Loveb. 1985USAmerican pornographic actress
• Remy LaCroixb. 1988USnot in their usual nameAmerican pornographic actress
• Jordin Sparksb. 1989USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer
• Brianna McNealb. 1991USAmerican track and field athlete
• Brianna Deckerb. 1991USAmerican women's ice hockey player
• Brianna Hildebrandb. 1996USAmerican actress (born 1996 or 1997)
• Brianna Turnerb. 1996USAmerican basketball player (born 1996)
• Brianna Gheyb. 2006GBtransgender British TikToker (2006–2023)

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 · 688 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Brianna?

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

In which country does Brianna have the most bearers?

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

Where is Brianna most common?

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

How common is Brianna compared with other names?

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

Is Brianna a male or female name?

Brianna 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 Brianna mean?

Recorded meaning: Modern feminine form of Brian; from Irish/Celtic origins, often taken to mean 'high, noble'.