Brianna, Breanna, Briana, and Bryanna are feminine given names. Brianna is a feminine English language form of the masculine Irish language name Brian, with "Briana" being the original spelling. The name is relatively modern and was occasionally used in England from about the 16th century onwards. Briana is the name of a character in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene. In recent years, the name has become increasingly popular, especially in the United States. Variant spellings of Brianna include...