Irish name of uncertain etymology. It is generally thought to be of Celtic origin, but its meaning is disputed. ... The name was introduced to different parts of England in the Middle Ages by Scandinavians from Ireland and by Bretons from Brittany. Var: Brien, Bryan. Short: Bri.
Brian (sometimes spelled Bryan) is a male given name of Irish and Breton origin, as well as a surname of Occitan origin. ... It is possible that the name is derived from an Old Celtic word meaning "high" or "noble". For example, the element bre means "hill"; which could be transferred to mean "eminence" or "exalted one".
Last name: Briand. ... The first is that the name is a dialectally developed form of the Old Breton-Irish "Brien" (Brian), a personal name of truly ancient ancestry and believed to derive from either "bre" meaning "hill" or "brigh", strong.
The name Briano is a Celtic baby name. In Celtic the meaning of the name Briano is: Brave; Virtuous.
Celtic Meaning: The name Briant is a Celtic baby name. In Celtic the meaning of the name Briant is: Strong; He ascends. 10th century Brian Boru was a high king and great national hero of Ireland.
BRIAREOS (Briareus) was one of the Hekantonkheires (Hecatoncheires), three primordial hundred-handed, fifty-headed storm giants. He was more specifically a god of sea-storms and in this guise he was often named Aigaion (Of the Aegean). ... Briareos' name was derived from the Greek word briaros meaning "stout" or "strong."
Scottish Meaning: The name Brice is a Scottish baby name. In Scottish the meaning of the name Brice is: Speckled.
The meaning of the name Bricen is Form Of Bryson. The origin of the name Bricen is Welsh.
Bricha (Hebrew: בריחה, translit. Briẖa, "escape" or "flight"), also called the Bericha Movement, was the underground organized effort that helped Jewish Holocaust survivors escape post–World War II Europe to the British Mandate for Palestine in violation of the White Paper of 1939.
This is an Anglicized form of various names; the Irish Gaelic O Bruic; German, Bruck or Breck, meaning "swamp" or "wood"; Yiddish, Brik, "bridge"; and Slovenian, Bric, "dweller from a hilly place." Gosh, and we thought it was just a macho word name invented by Tennessee Williams for the hero of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
