Bryan (given name)
| Bryan | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Celtic |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "High", or "Noble" |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Brian |
Bryan is a masculine given name. It is a variant spelling of the masculine given name Brian.
Origin and meaning of the name
The given name Bryan is a variant of the given name Brian. This name is thought to be derived from an Old Celtic language word meaning "high", or "noble".
The spelling of the given name Bryan was influenced by the surname Bryan. This surname has several different origins. One origin of the name is from an Anglo-Norman name, de Brionne,[1] derived from either of two places called Brionne in the north of France—one is Brionne, in Eure; the other is Brionne in Creuse. Another origin of the surname is from the name which was brought to England and Ireland by the Breton followers of the Normans, who invaded in England in the 11th century. This name is thought to be derived from the same Old Celtic language element as the modern given name Bryan. When the Anglo-Normans invaded Ireland in the 12th century, this name was confused with the native Irish name Brian. The 'i' in "Brionne" is pronounced like a 'y', and as a result, as the names got confused, the y emerged.
Statistics
United States
In 2009, the names Brandon and Bryan were ranked as the 15th most common names for male twins, according to Social Security number applications for births.[2]
People with the name
- Bryan Adams (born 1959), Canadian musician
- Bryan Avery (born 1944), British architect
- Bryan Breeding, American singer
- Bryan Bronson, American hurdler
- Bryan Brown, Australian actor
- Bryan Cochrane, Canadian curler
- Bryan Cranston, American actor
- Bryan Danielson (born 1981), American professional wrestler better known as Daniel Bryan
- Bryan Dobson, Irish television news anchor
- Bryan Devlin Ells, American freestyle amateur Wrestler, entrepreneur (owner of WE Insurance), San Diego native and father.
- Bryan Elsley, Scottish TV writer, best known for creating Skins
- Bryan Erickson, is the lead vocalist, musician, and producer behind Velvet Acid Christ
- Bryan Ferry, English musician
- Bryan Fuller, American screenwriter and television producer
- Bryan Green, Tasmanian politician
- Bryan Habana (born 1983), South African rugby player
- Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player
- Bryan Holland, or Dexter Holland, Lead singer and guitarist for The Offspring
- Bryan Ivie, American volleyball player
- Bryan King, (born 1947), former English football goalkeeper
- Bryan Lee O'Malley, Canadian cartoonist
- Bryan Robson, English footballer
- Bryan Ruiz, Costa Rican footballer
- Bryan Smyth, Irish Singer
- Bryan Singer, American film director
- Bryan Trottier, Canadian ice hockey player
See also
- Bryan, other things on Wikipedia named Bryan
- Boyan (given name), a Bulgarian and Slavic male given name.
References
- ↑ The Norman people and their existing descendants in the British dominions and the United States of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1874, repr. 1999. ISBN 978-0-8063-0636-0. "Bryan, or Brionne, from Brionne, Normandy, a branch of the Counts of Brionne, and the Earls of Hertford, descended from Gilbert, Count of Brionne, son of Richard I (Duke) of Normandy." Quoted at genealogy.com
- ↑ Popular names for twins born in 2009, Social Security Online, retrieved 10 May 2010
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