Brianna is of Irish origin, meaning “high,” “noble,” and “exalted.” This name is a derivation of Briana, the feminine version of Brian.
Brianna is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.
The name Brianna 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, Brianna ranks 103. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 18 were named Brianna. In the entire USA, approximately 258,334 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Brianna. That is 0.08 % of all living Americans.
Brianna Lynn Brown (*1979)
The US-American actress has been active as an actress since 1999 and has since appeared in around 50 film and television productions. She played the lead role in the movie »Night of the Living Dead 3D« in 2006, and is known for her roles in the ABC soap opera »General Hospital«, in the Lifetime series »Devious Maids« and in The CW reboot series »Dynasty«.
Jordin Brianna Sparks (1989)
Commonly known as »Jordin Sparks« this US-American singer won the sixth season of American Idol in 2007. Being only 17 then, she became the youngest winner in the history of the series and is nowadays one of the most successful contestants of all time. She is known for songs like »tattoo«, and »no air«, the latter one earning her a Grammy Award nomination.
Brianna Turner (*1996)
Turner is a professional basketball player from Pearland, Texas. She plays for »Chicago Sky« of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as well as for »Virtus Bologna« of the EuroCup Women.
Brianna Perry (1992)
The US-American rapper and actress is also known under her rap name »Lil' Brianna«. Her rap debut can be heard on the album »Diamond Princess« (2002) by US rapper Trina. It caught the attetion of Missy Elliott who then signed Brianna. In the years after that Brianna released several albums and could be seen regularly as a cast-member on the reality-television series »Sisterhood of Hip Hop«.
When you hear the name Brianna, you might first think of a woman or a girl. But did you know that there are also places with the name Brianna? Are you also called Brianna? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
There is a grape variety with the name Brianna. It is grown in the US states of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York and South Dakota.
is the name of a man-made lake in the headwaters of the River Tywi in central Wales, UK.
There are only 537 different women’s names registered in every single state in the U.S., and Brianna is one of them. However, Brianna is not equally widespread in all states, but people in Nevada seem to particularly fancy this name – the 1,982 women called Brianna who live here are 0,444% of all female residents and push their name up to #41, easily placing it in the top 100 most common female names in Nevada.
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 seven letters, the name Brianna has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight 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.
If your name is Brianna 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...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Brianna, you can simply say:
Butterfly
Rocket
Igloo
Apple
Nut
Nut
Apple
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Brianna
Brianna
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
B
R
I
A
N
N
A
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
N
A
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. Brianna sounds like this:
