Brianna
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For other uses, see Brianna (disambiguation).
Brianna, Breanna,[1] Briana, and Bryanna[2] are feminine given names. Brianna is a feminine English language form of the masculine Irish language name Brian as "Briana" is the original spelling.[1] The name is a relatively modern one and was occasionally used in England from about the 16th century and on; Briana is the name of a character in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene.[3] In recent years, the name has become increasingly popular, especially in the United States.[4]
Variant spellings of Brianna include Brianne[4] and Breanne (a variant form of Breanna).[5][6] Bri and Bria are common nicknames or derivative names.