76%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage English Pronounced Pron. bree-AN-ə, bree-AHN-ə, brie-AN-ə [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Feminine form of Brian. It appears in Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590). The name was not commonly used until the 1970s, when it rapidly became popular in the United States. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantsBreana, Breann, Breanna, Breanne, Brianna, Brianne, Bryana, Bryanna, BryanneDiminutivesBree, Bria, BrieMasculine FormsBrian, Brion, Bryan, BryonUser SubmissionBríana PopularityDetails Last ranked #95 in 2000 New Zealand Last ranked #538 in 2022 United States People think this name isRate·Details youthful natural wholesome refined Categories 1990s, choreographers, Edmund Spenser characters, ends in -ana, feminine forms, Jamaican sprinters, literature, Ni no Kuni characters, poems