BRIANA  

Gender: F
Origin: Feminine variation of BRIAN
Meaning: "strong, virtuous, honorable"

Popularity in 2008: #145

Spelled this way, Briana was coined by Edmund Spenser for his great literary work, "The Faerie Queene," which gives the now-overexposed name a far classier pedigree than it's usually credited with.

Briana is being discussed in our message boards:

• narrowing my list...need help
• Middle Names?
• Girl Twins! Due March!
• My twins! Dure in March!
• Got the 1st name picked - still trying to decide on a mn!

Read Nameberry blog posts about Briana:

• POETIC BABY NAMES