Brienna
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 18 babies a year in the US.
Brienna by the numbers
Brienna was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 78 babies in 1992, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Brienna
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 Brienna. 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)
- 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)
- Brieannastrong or noble; feminine form of Brian14 in the US (2017)
- Brinnanoble, strong; a form of Brian5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Brienna
Names that are said the same way as Brienna, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Brianahigh or noble; a form of Brian676 in the US (2017)
- Bryannanoble; strong; feminine form of Brian188 in the US (2017)
- Bryanastrong; noble; a form of Bryan45 in the US (2017)
- Briahnanoble; a form of Brianna7 in the US (2017)
- Brionanoble; a form of Brianna7 in the US (2017)
- Bryonnahigh, noble; feminine form of Brian6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Brienna
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