What does Bryan mean?

Bryan means "strength, power, force"

How do we pronounce Bryan?

Bryan \bryan, br-y-an\ is a boy's name. It consists of 5 letters and 1 syllable.

The baby boy name Bryan is pronounced as BRIYaeN 1.

1 Pronunciation for Bryan: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"

What is the origin of Bryan?

Bryan is largely used in English and German, and its origin is Celtic. Bryan is an English and German spelling variant of the name Brian meaning of name (English, Gaelic, and Irish). Bryan can also be a variant transcription of the name baby name Bryant (English and Irish). Bryan is popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity increased from the 1910s up to the 1970s. At the modest peak of its usage in 1977, 0.462% of baby boys were named Bryan. Its ranking then was #42. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity. In 2010, its usage was 0.193% and its ranking #97, was nevertheless the most popular out of all boy names in its group. In 2010, Bryan was more commonly used than the next most popular name, name Brian origin, by 4.563% .

The following famous people share the name Bryan:

  • Filmmaker Bryan Forbes, born John Theobald Clark, July 22, 1926, Stratford, London, England
  • Singer Bryan Ferry, born 26 September 1945, Washington, County Durham, England.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Bryan:

Brayan meaning of name (Irish, Scottish, and English), Brian pronounciation (English, Gaelic, and Irish), name Brianne meaning, name Bahram meaning, meaning of Bairam, Bairn meaning and origin, short names for Bajram (Albanian and Turkish), name Baram origin (Hebrew), Baran name variations (Russian), Baren meaning and origin, Barim definition, Barin meaning, Barna meaning (Hungarian), Barnam pronounciation, Barnee pronounciation, what does the name Barnem mean, name Barney (English), meaning of Barnham, name Barnhem, and Barnhum name.

The baby name Bryan fun facts:

The name Bryan in reverse order is "Nayrb".

The numerological value of the name Bryan is number 6, which means responsibility, protection, nurturing, community, balance, sympathy.

How popular is Bryan?

Bryan is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.14%
20130.15%
20120.16%
20110.19%
20100.21%
20090.24%
20080.27%
20070.30%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames