Female Name
Briana
bɹi.ˈæn.ə
bɹi.ˈɑːn.ə
bɹaɪ.ˈæn.ə
Overview
Gender
feminine
Origin
Categories
1990s
choreographers
Edmund Spenser characters
ends in -ana
feminine forms
Jamaican sprinters
literature
Ni no Kuni characters
poems
Characteristics
How people perceive this name
Overall Rating
75/100
youthful65%
natural65%
wholesome100%
refined100%
Meaning & Etymology
Feminine form of Brian. It appears in Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590). The name was not commonly used until the 1970s, when it rapidly became popular in the United States.