Bryan (given name)

Bryan

Gender	Male
Origin
Language(s)	Breton, Irish
Meaning	"noble" or “giving”
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

The given name Bryan is a variant of the given name Brian . ^[1] Its spelling is influenced by the surname Bryan . ^[2] The given name Brian is thought to be derived from an Old Celtic word meaning "high" or "noble". ^[3]

People with the name

• Bryan Adams (born 1959), Canadian musician
• Bryan Alberts (born 1994), American–Dutch basketball player
• Bryan Avery (1944–2017), British architect
• Bryan Breeding (born 1994), American singer
• Bryan Bresee (born 2001), American football player
• Bryan Brock, American football player
• Bryan Bronson, American hurdler
• Bryan Brown, Australian actor
• Bryan Clauson, American race car driver
• Bryan Cochrane, Canadian curler
• Bryan Cohen (born 1989), American-Israeli basketball player
• Bryan Coker, American academic administrator
• Bryan Cox (born 1968), American football player and coach
• Bryan Cranston, American actor
• Bryan Danielson, American professional wrestler
• Bryan Duncan, American singer
• Bryan Elsley, Scottish TV writer
• Bryan Engram, Canadian football player
• Bryan Erickson, lead singer of Velvet Acid Christ
• Bryan Fairfax (disambiguation), several people
• Bryan Faussett (1720–1776), English antiquary
• Bryan Ferry, English musician
• Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player
• Bryan Forbes (1926–2013), English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor, and novelist
• Bryan Fuller, American screenwriter and television producer
• Bryan Fury, a fictional Tekken fighting game series character
• Bryan Green, Tasmanian politician
• Bryan Habana (born 1983), South African rugby player
• Bryan Henderson (born 1977), American football player
• Bryan Herta, American race car driver and team owner
• Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player
• Bryan Ivie, American volleyball player
• Bryan King (Australian footballer) (born 1935), Australian rules footballer
• Bryan King (footballer, born 1947), English footballer
• Bryan King (politician) (born 1968), member of the Arkansas Senate
• Bryan Lee-Lauduski, American football player
• Bryan Magdaleno (born 2001), Dominican baseball player
• Bryan Mbeumo (born 1999), French-born Cameroonian footballer
• Bryan Mone (born 1995), American football player
• Bryan Mosley, English actor, Coronation Street
• Bryan Lee O'Malley, Canadian cartoonist
• Bryan Posthumus (born c. 1985), American politician
• Bryan Ramos (footballer) (born 2001), Honduran football player
• Bryan Ramos (baseball) (born 2002), Cuban baseball player
• Bryan Reynolds (scholar), American critic and playwright
• Bryan Robson, English footballer
• Bryan Ruiz, Costa Rican footballer
• Bryan Rust, American ice hockey player
• Bryan Sammons (born 1995), American baseball player
• Bryan Scary, American musician
• Bryan Matthew Sevilla, American adult film actor, known by his stage name James Deen
• Bryan Singer, American film director
• Bryan Smithson, American basketball player
• Bryan Smyth, Irish singer
• Bryan Tepper, Canadian politician
• Bryan Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Bryan Trottier, Canadian ice hockey player
• Bryan Wark, Scottish Photographer
• Bryan White (born 1974), American country music artist
• Bryan Yipp, Canadian biologist

See also

• Brien
• Bryan (surname)
• Brayan, a masculine given name
• Boyan (given name), a Bulgarian and Slavic male given name

References

1. Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) pp. 28-29, 41.
2. Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 41.
3. Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) 1pp. 28-29.

• Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K; Hodges, F (2006) [1990]. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-861060-1.