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The first name 
Briana

Briana is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.

Briana – popular and common in the US

The name Briana isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all girls names, Briana ranks 429. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 4 were named Briana. In the entire USA, approximately 93,263 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Briana. That is 0.03 % of all living Americans.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Briana

What does the name 
Briana mean?

Briana is of Irish origin, meaning “high,” “noble,” and “exalted.” This name is the feminine version of Brian, another popular spelling is [Brianna].

In Britain,... this name is in use since the 16th century and has become popular in the US since the 1980s.

Briana -
very special and well known across the entire USA

Everyone knows her, everyone loves her and still she’s different from the mainstream: Briana occurs in every single state of the U.S. This may sound quite unspectacular at first, but in fact, of the more than 50,000 different female first names that occur in the USA, just 537 are recorded in each individual state, so the name Briana is definitely something very special. However, at the same time, since the name does not appear in the top 100 most common first names in any single state, Briana is not one of those names that one encounters in every neighbourhood, but stands out from the crowd, is noticeable and special without being strange or unknown. From Alaska to Florida, a total of 93,248 women and girls of all generations bear the name Briana – that is one in 1,653. However, there are considerable regional differences – the name is far more popular than average in Nevada, where one in 616 women and girls is called Briana, while it is particularly rare in Montana, where you have to ask an average of 5,936 women for their name to get Briana as an answer once.

Briana has 6 letters 
and begins with a B

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: 3.2% of all common girls' names in the US begin with a B. This means that B as the first letter for girls' names is neither particularly common nor rare. The most common first letters of girls' names are A, S and M, while U, X and Q are the least common initials of girls' names.

With six letters, the name Briana is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

Thus, if 3.2% of all girls’ names start with a B, this initial letter is slightly less common than all other letters on average. Nevertheless, there are girls' names with B that are quite common in the U.S., the most common at present is Barbara.

Other names with 
B, r, i, a, n and a

If you take all the letters in the name Briana – B, r, i, a, n and a – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Brania or others.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Briana

If your name is Briana and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Briana

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Briana, you can simply say:

Butterfly

Rocket

Igloo

Apple

Nut

Apple

This is how the name Briana is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Briana in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Briana

Briana

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Briana

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Briana is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

B
R
I
A
N
A

Have you ever waved the name Briana

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

B
R
I
A
N
A

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Briana sounds like this: