Brianna

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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]

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Variant spellings of Brianna include Brianne [4] and Breanne (a variant form of Breanna). [5] [6]

People with the given name

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Briana

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Bryanna

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References

  1. 1 2 "Brianna". AskOxford.com (Concise Dictionary of First Names). Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "Bryanna". ThinkBabyNames.com . Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  3. ↑ "The Faerie Queene Characters". eNotes. eNotes.com Inc. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Brianna". Encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Breanna". Encyclopedia.com . Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "Breanna". AskOxford.com (Concise Dictionary of First Names). Archived from the original on 2010-07-29. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
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