Brian

Irish

"strong, virtuous, and honorable"

Brian Origin and Meaning

Variation of Bryan

Brian Rank in US Top 1000

# 301 in the US

Brian Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 178 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Brian

• 301 US 2024
• 178 Nameberry 2025
• 539 England 2024
• 91 Ireland 2012
• 77 Portugal 2014

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Famous People Named Brian

• Brian Boru King of Ireland
• Brian Douglas Williams American broadcast journalist
• Brian Eno (aka Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno) English musician
• (Martin) Brian Mulroney 18th prime minister of Canada
• Brian Russell de Palma American film director
• Brian Manion Dennehy American actor
• Brian Anthony Boitano American figure skater
• Brian McKnight American singer
• Brian Austin Green American actor
• Brian Samuel Epstein English manager of The Beatles
• Brian Edward Gottfried American tennis player
• Brian Holden American actor, singer, writer
• Brian Minchin British TV producer
• Brian Douglas Wilson American musician of The Beach Boys
• (Louis) Brian Piccolo American NFL football player, subject of film "Brian's Song"
• Brian Howard Clough English footballer and manager
• Brian de la Puente American football player
• Brian Kerwin American actor
• Brian Urlacher American football player
• Brian Denis Cox Scottish actor
• Brian Regan American comedian
• Brian Justin Crum American musician
• Brian Rosenthal American actor and singer
• Brian Thomas "B Rok" Littrell, American singer of the Backstreet Boys
• Brian Logan Dales lead singer of American band The Summer Set
• Brian Leo Bianchini American model/actor
• Brian May guitarist for British band Queen
• Brian Hallisay American actor
• Brian Howe American actor
• Brian Phillip "Head" Welch guitarist for American band Korn
• Brian 'Astro' Bradley American actor and Rapper
• Brian 'Q' Quinn American comedian from The Tenderloins and Impractical Jokers
• Brian Awadis aka FaZe Rug American YouTuber
• Brian Sean O'Connor (b. 2007) son of American television personality Kevin O'Connor
• Brian Jones Multi,instrumentalist and rhythm guitarist for The Rolling Stones
• Brian Ross Weitz musician and founding member of the band Animal Collective
• Brian Johnson lead singer of AC/DC
• Brian Kang/Kang Yonghyun bassist, singer, songwriter, and rapper of the South Korean band Day6; more popularly known by his stage name Young K
• Brian Firkus American musician, TV personality, and drag queen
• Brian Timothy Geraghty American actor
• Brian Theodore Deneke (b. 1978) 19 year old American man who was killed in a hit and run attack for being a punk rock musician

The name Brian in Pop Culture

• Sir Brian de Bois Guilbert, character in "Ivanhoe" by Sir Walter Scott
• Brian Griffin dog character on "Family Guy"
• Brian Cohen main character in 1979 film "Monty Python's Life of Brian"
• Mr. Brian Fitzpatrick character in “Tom Jones” (1746)
• Brian Kinney character on "Queer as Folk"
• Brian Finn character in "Keeping the Faith"
• Brian O'Conner character in "Fast and the Furious" series
• Brian Johnson character in film "The Breakfast Club"
• Brian Shelby character in film "Vanilla Sky"
• Brian Harding character in videogame "Dream Daddy"
• Brian Davis main character on TV series "What About Brian?"
• Brian Dufford character in webcomic "Camp Weedonwantcha"
• Brian Marsh character in "Prince of Darkness"
• Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore character in Harry Potter series
• Brian "Otis" Zvonecek character on TV's "Chicago Fire"
• Brian / Green character in "Monster Prom"
• Brian Thomas full name of Hoodie from Marble Hornets