Bryan (given name)
| Bryan | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Irish |
| 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
The given name Bryan is a variant of the given name Brian.[1] It's 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]
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.[4]
People with the name
- Bryan Eng Tze Chau (born 1992), Malaysian graphic designer
- Bryan Adams (born 1959), Canadian musician
- Bryan Alberts (born 1994), American–Dutch basketball player
- Bryan Avery (born 1944), British architect
- Bryan Breeding (born 1994), American singer
- Bryan Brock, American football player
- Bryan Bronson, American hurdler
- Bryan Brown, Australian actor
- Bryan Clauson, American race car driver
- Bryan Cochrane, Canadian curler
- Bryan Cocis, American pornographic film director
- Bryan Cox (born 1968), American football player and coach
- Bryan Cranston, American actor
- Bryan Danielson (born 1981), American professional wrestler better known as Daniel Bryan
- Bryan Duncan, American singer
- Bryan Elsley, Scottish TV writer, best known for creating Skins
- Bryan Engram, Canadian football player
- Bryan Erickson, is the lead vocalist, musician, and producer behind Velvet Acid Christ
- Bryan Fairfax, early American political figure and land owner from Virginia, close associate of George Washington
- Bryan Ferry, English musician
- Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player
- Bryan Fortay (born 1971), American football player
- Bryan Fuller, American screenwriter and television producer
- Bryan Green, Tasmanian politician
- Bryan Habana (born 1983), South African rugby player
- Bryan Henderson (American football) (born 1977), American football player
- Bryan Herta, American race car driver and team owner
- 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-Lauduski, American football player
- Bryan Mosley, English actor, Coronation Street
- Bryan Lee O'Malley, Canadian cartoonist
- Bryan Reynolds, American critic and playwright
- Bryan Robson, English footballer
- Bryan Ruiz, Costa Rican footballer
- Bryan Rust, American ice hockey 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 Trottier, Canadian ice hockey player
- Bryan White (born 1974), American country music artist
- Bryan Yipp, Canadian biologist
See also
- Bryan, other things on Wikipedia named Bryan
- Boyan (given name), a Bulgarian and Slavic male given name.
References
- ↑ Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) pp. 28-29, 41.
- ↑ Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 41.
- ↑ Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) pp. 28-29.
- ↑ Popular names for twins born in 2009, Social Security Online, archived from the original on 29 March 2010, retrieved 10 May 2010
- 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.
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