Breanna

A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning noble, high; a form of Brianna.

Babies a year
283
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Breanna has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2017. Lower is more popular.
#588#797#1006201520162017#930

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#664
2016#785
2017#930

Breanna by the numbers

Breanna was given to 283 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 4,700 babies in 1996, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Brianna

Like Breanna, each of these traces back to Brianna: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Briennea form of Brianna; possibly from Celtic roots meaning high or noble34 in the US (2017)
  • Brionnanoble or exalted; a form of Brianna25 in the US (2017)
  • Briandanoble, high; a form of Brianna17 in the US (2017)
  • Briahnanoble; a form of Brianna7 in the US (2017)
  • Brianninoble; a form of Brianna7 in the US (2017)
  • Brionanoble; a form of Brianna7 in the US (2017)
  • Briyanoble; a form of Brianna7 in the US (2017)
  • Briyananoble; a form of Brianna7 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Breanna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Briannahigh or noble; feminine form of Brian2,509 in the US (2017)
  • Brennadark raven; fem. of Brennan259 in the US (2017)
  • Bryannanoble; strong; feminine form of Brian188 in the US (2017)
  • Breannenoble, high; a form of Brianna38 in the US (2017)
  • Brieannastrong or noble; feminine form of Brian14 in the US (2017)
  • Breana27 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Breanna

Names that are said the same way as Breanna, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Breenafairy palace or variant of Brenna14 in the US (2017)
  • Brennahdescendant of Branan; a form of Brennan6 in the US (2017)
  • Breeananoble; a form of Brianna
  • Breeanna10 in the US (2017)
  • Brena9 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean nobility

Like Breanna, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
  • Audreynoble strength4,820 in the US (2017)
  • Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
  • Allisonnoble natured; a form of Alison4,017 in the US (2017)
  • Adelinenoble, nobility3,902 in the US (2017)
  • Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Breanna

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