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The name Bryan

Letters
5
Syllables
2
First letter
B
Category
Western Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 2000s: 14.5%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Chinese table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s14.5%
2010s6.1%

Bryan is a boy's name from Irish, an alternative spelling of Brian, with an uncertain meaning.

About the name Bryan

Bryan is a spelling variant of Brian, a name from Irish. The meaning of Brian is uncertain; it may be related to a Celtic root meaning 'hill' or 'power'. According to JPN, it peaked in the 2000s with 2,070 baby boys.

Gender♂ Boy
SyllablesBry-an

Bryan in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
Boy: 2,070 · 14.5%
2010s
Boy: 819 · 6.1%
People registered with Bryan as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Chinese table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Brian · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Bryan · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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