Breana
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 27 babies a year in the US.
Breana by the numbers
Breana was given to 27 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 697 babies in 1996, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Breana
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Breana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Brianahigh or noble; a form of Brian676 in the US (2017)
- Breannanoble, high; a form of Brianna283 in the US (2017)
- Brennadark raven; fem. of Brennan259 in the US (2017)
- Bryanastrong; noble; a form of Bryan45 in the US (2017)
- Breenafairy palace or variant of Brenna14 in the US (2017)
- Branaarmor or protection7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Breana
Names that are said the same way as Breana, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Breana
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