Brayan
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning noble; high; variant of Brian.
How Brayan has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #596 |
| 2016 | #640 |
| 2017 | #705 |
| 2018 | #823 |
| 2019 | #834 |
| 2020 | #857 |
| 2021 | #912 |
| 2022 | #782 |
| 2023 | #852 |
| 2024 | #716 |
| 2025 | #768 |
Brayan by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Brayan. In the US, 346 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,149 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
At its height, in 2005, about 1 in 2,200 American boys born that year was called Brayan.
Other names that come from Brian
Like Brayan, each of these traces back to Brian: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Briannahigh or noble; feminine form of Brian2,509 in the US (2017)
- Brianahigh or noble; a form of Brian676 in the US (2017)
- Bryannanoble; strong; feminine form of Brian188 in the US (2017)
- Breonnoble or high; a form of Brian50 in the US (2017)
- Brionnoble or high; a form of Brian16 in the US (2017)
- Briannstrong or noble; variant of Brian14 in the US (2017)
- Brieannastrong or noble; feminine form of Brian14 in the US (2017)
- Brianihigh; noble; a form of Brian8 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Brayan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Brayan
Names that are said the same way as Brayan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Braian6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean nobility
Like Brayan, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Nolanchampion, descendant of the noble one5,403 in the US (2017)
- Patrickof noble birth; patrician375 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aryanoble; honorable; aryan2,201 in the US (2017)
- Brianhigh, noble1,763 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Brayan
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