Bryan (given name)

Bryan is a masculine given name. It is a variant spelling of the masculine given name Brian.

Origin and meaning[]

The given name Bryan is a variant of the given name Brian.^[1] Its spelling is influenced by the surname Bryan.^[2] The given name Brian is thought to be derived from an Old Celtic word meaning "high" or "noble".^[3]

Statistics[]

United States[]

In 2009, the names Brandon and Bryan were ranked as the 15th most common names for male twins, according to Social Security number applications for births.^[4]

People with the name[]

• Bryan Adams (born 1959), Canadian musician
• Bryan Alberts (born 1994), American–Dutch basketball player
• Bryan Avery (born 1944), British architect
• Bryan Breeding (born 1994), American singer
• Bryan Bresee (born 2001), American football player
• Bryan Brock, American football player
• Bryan Bronson, American hurdler
• Bryan Brown, Australian actor
• Bryan Clauson, American race car driver
• Bryan Cochrane, Canadian curler
• Bryan Cohen (born 1989), American-Israeli basketball player
• Bryan Coker, American academic administrator
• Bryan Cox (born 1968), American football player and coach
• Bryan Cranston, American actor
• Bryan Danielson (born 1981), American professional wrestler better known as Daniel Bryan
• Bryan Duncan, American singer
• Bryan Elsley, Scottish TV writer
• Bryan Engram, Canadian football player
• Bryan Erickson, lead singer of Velvet Acid Christ
• Bryan Fairfax, early American political figure and land owner from Virginia
• Bryan Ferry, English musician
• Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player
• Bryan Fortay (born 1971), American football player
• Bryan Fuller, American screenwriter and television producer
• Bryan Green, Tasmanian politician
• Bryan Habana (born 1983), South African rugby player
• Bryan Henderson (American football) (born 1977), American football player
• Bryan Herta, American race car driver and team owner
• Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player
• Bryan Holland, or Dexter Holland, lead singer and guitarist for The Offspring
• Bryan Ivie, American volleyball player
• Bryan King (footballer, born 1947), English footballer
• Bryan King (politician) (born 1968), member of the Arkansas Senate
• Bryan King (Australian footballer) (born 1935), Australian rules footballer
• Bryan Lee-Lauduski, American football player
• Bryan Mone (born 1995), American football player
• Bryan Mosley, English actor, Coronation Street
• Bryan Lee O'Malley, Canadian cartoonist
• Bryan Posthumus (born c. 1985), American politician
• Bryan Reynolds, American critic and playwright
• Bryan Robson, English footballer
• Bryan Ruiz, Costa Rican footballer
• Bryan Rust, American ice hockey player
• Bryan Scary, American musician
• Bryan Matthew Sevilla, American adult film actor, known by his stage name James Deen
• Bryan Singer, American film director
• Bryan Smithson, American basketball player
• Bryan Smyth, Irish singer
• Bryan Trottier, Canadian ice hockey player
• Bryan White (born 1974), American country music artist
• Bryan Yipp, Canadian biologist

See also[]

• Bryan (surname)
• Boyan (given name), a Bulgarian and Slavic male given name

References[]

• Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K; Hodges, F (2006) [1990]. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.

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