Breonna
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 21 babies a year in the US.
Breonna by the numbers
Breonna was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 279 babies in 1994, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Breonna
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 Breonna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Breannanoble, high; a form of Brianna283 in the US (2017)
- Brennadark raven; fem. of Brennan259 in the US (2017)
- Brionnanoble or exalted; a form of Brianna25 in the US (2017)
- Bryonnahigh, noble; feminine form of Brian6 in the US (2017)
- Breona5 in the US (2017)
- Briannahigh or noble; feminine form of Brian2,509 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Breonna
Names that are said the same way as Breonna, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Breonna
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