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Bryan (given name)
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Irish |
| Meaning | "noble" or “giving” |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Brian |
Bryan is a masculine given name. It is a variant spelling of the masculine given name Brian.
Origin and meaning
[edit]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]
People with the name
[edit]- Bryan Adams (born 1959), Canadian musician
- Bryan Adams (politician) (born 1962), Louisiana politician
- Bryan Alberts (born 1994), American–Dutch basketball player
- Bryan Avery (1944–2017), 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, American professional wrestler
- Bryan Duncan, American singer
- Bryan Elsley, Scottish TV writer
- Bryan Engram, Canadian football player
- Bryan Erickson, lead singer of Velvet Acid Christ
- Bryan Fairfax (disambiguation), several people
- Bryan Faussett (1720–1776), English antiquary
- Bryan Ferry, English musician
- Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player
- Bryan Forbes (1926–2013), English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor, and novelist
- Bryan Fuller, American screenwriter and television producer
- Bryan Green, Tasmanian politician
- Bryan Habana (born 1983), South African rugby player
- Bryan Henderson (born 1977), American football player
- Bryan Herta, American race car driver and team owner
- Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player
- Bryan Ivie, American volleyball player
- Bryan King (Australian footballer) (born 1935), Australian rules footballer
- Bryan King (footballer, born 1947), English footballer
- Bryan King (politician) (born 1968), member of the Arkansas Senate
- Bryan Lee-Lauduski, American football player
- Bryan Little (disambiguation), several people
- 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 Ramos (born 2001), Honduran football player
- Bryan Ramos (baseball) (born 2002), Cuban baseball player
- Bryan Reynolds (scholar), American critic and playwright
- Bryan Robson, English footballer
- Bryan Ruiz, Costa Rican footballer
- Bryan Rust, American ice hockey player
- Bryan Sammons (born 1995), American baseball 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 Tepper, Canadian politician
- Bryan Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Bryan Trottier, Canadian ice hockey player
- Bryan White (born 1974), American country music artist
- Bryan Yipp, Canadian biologist
See also
[edit]- Brien
- Bryan (surname)
- Brayan, a masculine given name
- Boyan (given name), a Bulgarian and Slavic male given name
References
[edit]- ^ Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) pp. 28-29, 41.
- ^ Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 41.
- ^ Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) 1pp. 28-29.
- 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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