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.
People with the given name
Breanna
- Breanna Clark (born 1994), American Paralympic relay runner
- Breanna Conrad (born 1989), American television personality
- Breanna Hargrave (born 1982), Australian track cyclist
- Breanna Koenen (born 1994), Australian rules footballer
- Breanna Labadan (born 2006), Filipina gymnast
- Breanna Leslie (born 1991), American pentathlete, heptathlete, and hurdler
- Breanna Myles (born 2003), American beauty pageant titleholder
- Breanna Sinclairé (born 1991), American singer
- Breanna Stewart (born 1994), American basketball player
- Breanna Yde (born 2003), American actress
Briana
- Briana Banks (born 1978), German-American pornographic actress and model
- Briana Binch (born 1987), Australian cricketer
- Briana Blasko, American photographer and artist
- Briana Buckmaster (born 1982), Canadian actress and singer
- Briana Corrigan (born 1965), Northern Irish singer
- Briana Cuoco (born 1988), American actress, singer, and choreographer
- Briana De Souza (born 1991), Canadian soccer player
- Briana Evigan (born 1986), American actress and dancer
- Briana Nicole Henry (born 1992), American actress
- Briana King (born 1993), American skateboarder, community organizer, model, and actress
- Briana Lane (born 1985), American actress and musician
- Briana Marela, American musician
- Briana Mastel (born 1994), American ice hockey player
- Briana Middleton, American actress, singer, and songwriter
- Briana Provancha (born 1989), American sailor
- Briana Scott (born 1969), American singer-songwriter
- Briana Scurry (born 1971), American soccer player
- Briana Sewell (born 1990), American politician
- Briana Shepherd (born c. 1987), Australian journalist, reporter, and news presenter
- Briana Szabó (born 2005), Romanian tennis player
- Briana Venskus (born 1987), American actress
- Briana Waters, American convicted arsonist
- Briana Williams (born 2002), American-Jamaican sprinter
- Briana Zamora (born 1973/1974), American attorney and judge
Brianna
- Brianna Beahan (born 1991), Australian hurdler
- Brianna Beamish (born 1993), Canadian volleyball player
- Brianna Bellido (born 1993), American-Peruvian footballer
- Brianna Brown (born 1979), American actress
- Brianna Buentello (born 1989), American politician
- Brianna Butler (born 1994), American basketball player
- Brianna Clark (born 1995), Australian rugby league footballer
- Brianna Coop (born 1998), Australian Paralympic track and field athlete
- Brie Bella (born 1983), ring name of Brianna Monique Danielson
- Brianna Davey (born 1995), Australian rules footballer
- Brianna Decker (born 1991), American ice hockey player
- Brianna Denison (1988–2008), American college student and murder victim
- Brianna Felnagle (born 1986), American middle-distance runner
- Brianna Fortino (born 1993), American mixed martial artist
- Brianna Fruean (born 1998), New Zealand activist and environmental advocate
- Brianna Ghey (2006–2023), English murder victim
- Brianna Glenn (born 1980), American long jumper
- Brianna Green (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
- Brianna Hennessy (born 1984), Canadian paracanoeist
- Brianna Henries (born 1991), American politician and esthetician
- Brianna Hildebrand (born 1996), American actress
- Brianna Holder (born 2001), Barbadian netball player
- Brianna Kahane (born 2002), American violinist
- Brianna Keilar (born 1980), American journalist
- Brianna Kiesel (born 1993), American basketball player
- Brianna Knickerbocker, American voice actor
- Brianna Lance (born 1982), American fashion designer
- Brianna Lyston (born 2004), Jamaican sprinter
- Brianna Maitland (born 1986), disappeared from Vermont in 2004
- Brianna Miller (born 1991), Canadian rugby union player
- Brianna Moyes (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
- Brianna Nelson (born 1992), Canadian Paralympic swimmer
- Brianna Perry (born 1992), American rapper and actress, known professionally as Lil' Brianna
- Brianna Pinto (born 2000), American soccer player
- Brianna Lea Pruett (1983–2015), American singer-songwriter, musician, painter, poet, and filmmaker
- Brianna Rollins-McNeal (born 1991), American hurdler
- Brianna Salinaro (born 1998), American Paralympic taekwondo practitioner
- Brianna Ste-Marie (born 1996), Canadian grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu athlete
- Brianna Stewart, possibly an alias of Treva Throneberry (born 1969), American imposter
- Brianna Stubbs (born 1991), British rower and research scientist
- Brianna Taylor (born 1987), American television personality, singer, and songwriter
- Brianna Thomas, American jazz singer, vocalist, composer, songwriter, band leader, and percussionist
- Brianna Throssell (born 1996), Australian swimmer
- Brianna Titone, American politician and scientist
- Brianna Turner (born 1996), American basketball player
- Brianna Visalli (born 1995), British-American soccer player
- Brianna Walle (born 1984), American racing cyclist
- Brianna Westbrook (born 1984), American transgender rights activist and politician
- Brianna Westrup (born 1997), American soccer player
- Brianna Wu (born 1977), American video game developer and activist
- Brianna Kupfer (1997–2022), American university student and murder victim
Bryanna
- Bryanna McCarthy (born 1991), Canadian soccer player
See also
References
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