Bryan Forename
1,422nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 684,077 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man
Bryan Forename Definition:
A male name. a Celtic name of doubtful etymology, Brian or Bryan has from early times been a favourite in Ireland on account of the legendary hero Brian Boromhe; but it was, during the Middle Ages, equally popular in England, where it was introduced from Brittany at the time of the Norman Conquest.
Read More About This ForenameBryan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 368,273 | 1:984 | 214 |
| Philippines | 100% | 98,118 | 1:1,080 | 216 |
| England | 100% | 35,360 | 1:1,572 | 295 |
| Brazil | 100% | 33,807 | 1:6,337 | 807 |
| Canada | 100% | 26,853 | 1:1,234 | 282 |
| Ecuador | - | 11,693 | 1:1,516 | 277 |
| Australia | - | 10,178 | 1:1,342 | 280 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 8,831 | 1:540 | 102 |
| Kenya | 100% | 7,410 | 1:6,249 | 914 |
| New Zealand | - | 6,002 | 1:756 | 178 |
| South Africa | 100% | 5,320 | 1:10,250 | 1,741 |
| Chile | 100% | 5,303 | 1:3,320 | 406 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 5,129 | 1:6,008 | 935 |
| Scotland | 100% | 4,348 | 1:1,231 | 229 |
| Spain | 100% | 4,103 | 1:11,340 | 815 |
| Indonesia | 71% | 4,027 | 1:64,059 | 7,765 |
| Mexico | 100% | 3,284 | 1:37,803 | 1,656 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,712 | 1:1,141 | 254 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,361 | 1:7,159 | 1,003 |
| Ghana | 100% | 2,304 | 1:11,713 | 1,073 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 2,249 | 1:13,539 | 1,456 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 2,213 | 1:7,279 | 754 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,969 | 1:2,358 | 335 |
| Peru | 100% | 1,836 | 1:17,316 | 1,480 |
| Nicaragua | 98% | 1,587 | 1:3,792 | 601 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,476 | 1:47,470 | 5,191 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,254 | 1:24,084 | 1,903 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,150 | 1:2,507 | 542 |
| France | 100% | 1,149 | 1:57,851 | 1,648 |
| Honduras | 100% | 1,148 | 1:7,681 | 865 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,100 | 1:9,483 | 1,131 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,020 | 1:542 | 69 |
| Singapore | 100% | 997 | 1:6,306 | 1,165 |
| Malawi | 100% | 910 | 1:18,805 | 1,723 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 869 | 1:2,121 | 345 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 858 | 1:24,241 | 3,095 |
| China | - | 826 | 1:1,653,821 | 40,684 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 810 | 1:13,088 | 1,185 |
| Poland | 100% | 707 | 1:53,787 | 1,425 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 643 | 1:2,117 | 418 |
| India | 100% | 617 | 1:1,969,008 | 103,269 |
| Belgium | 100% | 571 | 1:20,123 | 1,542 |
| Uganda | 99% | 562 | 1:72,877 | 3,764 |
| Panama | 100% | 533 | 1:7,329 | 1,089 |
| Germany | 100% | 488 | 1:198,110 | 3,086 |
| Bangladesh | - | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Colombia | 100% | 421 | 1:113,489 | 3,505 |
| Guyana | 100% | 412 | 1:1,853 | 352 |
| El Salvador | - | 405 | 1:15,659 | 938 |
| Hong Kong | - | 393 | 1:19,727 | 2,075 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 373 | 1:41,351 | 3,790 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 370 | 1:230 | 80 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 351 | 1:505,881 | 15,832 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 329 | 1:24,779 | 2,460 |
| Botswana | 100% | 306 | 1:7,139 | 1,119 |
| Japan | - | 293 | 1:436,812 | 10,353 |
| South Korea | - | 286 | 1:19,386 | 1,888 |
| Qatar | 100% | 276 | 1:8,586 | 1,376 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 269 | 1:196,239 | 8,248 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 264 | 1:12,983 | 880 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 246 | 1:633 | 203 |
| Bahrain | - | 222 | 1:6,075 | 981 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 217 | 1:37,850 | 1,910 |
| Kuwait | - | 209 | 1:18,111 | 1,954 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 186 | 1:19,088 | 896 |
| Malta | - | 165 | 1:2,602 | 455 |
| Morocco | - | 164 | 1:209,443 | 5,367 |
| Gabon | 100% | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| Portugal | - | 157 | 1:66,311 | 2,082 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 143 | 1:166,222 | 16,036 |
| Zambia | - | 143 | 1:110,873 | 4,990 |
| Bahamas | - | 141 | 1:2,832 | 568 |
| Italy | 100% | 141 | 1:433,064 | 4,825 |
| Sweden | 99% | 141 | 1:69,914 | 3,329 |
| Congo | 100% | 136 | 1:36,832 | 3,083 |
| Egypt | 100% | 130 | 1:706,930 | 15,746 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 128 | 1:1,389 | 246 |
| Belize | 100% | 124 | 1:2,857 | 655 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 118 | 1:183,140 | 7,991 |
| Denmark | - | 118 | 1:47,877 | 1,861 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 118 | 1:4,923 | 622 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 111 | 1:64,432 | 5,619 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| Guam | - | 105 | 1:1,530 | 341 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 97 | 1:955 | 234 |
| Barbados | - | 94 | 1:3,083 | 581 |
| French Polynesia | - | 86 | 1:3,231 | 629 |
| Czechia | 100% | 79 | 1:134,888 | 1,314 |
| Lebanon | 98% | 75 | 1:75,034 | 2,841 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 68 | 1:1,085,700 | 31,208 |
| Haiti | 100% | 68 | 1:157,749 | 7,631 |
| Iraq | 100% | 68 | 1:514,969 | 5,682 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 65 | 1:19,966 | 1,926 |
| Jersey | 100% | 62 | 1:1,613 | 326 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 57 | 1:1,111 | 227 |
| Norway | 100% | 56 | 1:91,649 | 3,068 |
| Russia | 100% | 56 | 1:2,575,602 | 15,893 |
| Namibia | - | 54 | 1:44,522 | 2,878 |
| Bermuda | - | 53 | 1:1,223 | 273 |
| Brunei | - | 52 | 1:8,069 | 674 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 50 | 1:1,852,462 | 3,105 |
| Angola | - | 49 | 1:550,339 | 1,990 |
| Mozambique | - | 49 | 1:555,987 | 1,346 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 48 | 1:5,628 | 744 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 47 | 1:2,115 | 460 |
| Aruba | - | 46 | 1:2,256 | 469 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 43 | 1:2,552 | 502 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 36 | 1:868 | 177 |
| Rwanda | - | 36 | 1:315,873 | 1,243 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 36 | 1:196,907 | 408 |
| Sudan | 100% | 36 | 1:1,050,194 | 2,907 |
| Micronesia | - | 33 | 1:3,227 | 418 |
| Greece | 100% | 30 | 1:364,485 | 5,634 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 29 | 1:30,037 | 1,606 |
| Argentina | 88% | 28 | 1:1,527,616 | 6,532 |
| Cambodia | 75% | 26 | 1:625,897 | 12,114 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 26 | 1:2,358 | 517 |
| Madagascar | - | 25 | 1:945,176 | 2,170 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 25 | 1:1,388 | 340 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 23 | 1:2,377 | 477 |
| Albania | 100% | 21 | 1:145,075 | 8,676 |
| Austria | 100% | 21 | 1:405,438 | 4,185 |
| Finland | 87% | 21 | 1:261,104 | 3,985 |
| Afghanistan | - | 20 | 1:1,631,176 | 16,044 |
| Grenada | 100% | 20 | 1:5,406 | 882 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 19 | 1:29,687 | 1,523 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 19 | 1:380,884 | 4,350 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| Oman | - | 18 | 1:228,259 | 3,410 |
| Israel | 78% | 17 | 1:494,289 | 9,770 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 17 | 1:3,227 | 641 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| Macau | - | 16 | 1:38,013 | 487 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Estonia | 100% | 14 | 1:93,956 | 4,008 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 12 | 1:9,298 | 1,351 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 11 | 1:17,668,880 | 95,124 |
| Liberia | 100% | 10 | 1:441,206 | 12,452 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 8 | 1:6,404 | 961 |
| Myanmar | - | 8 | 1:6,493,534 | 1,948 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 8 | 1:5,687,488 | 9,604 |
| Lesotho | - | 6 | 1:340,000 | 19,758 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 5 | 1:4,615,187 | 69,481 |
| Monaco | 100% | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Romania | - | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Turkey | 100% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Cook Islands | - | 4 | 1:4,538 | 691 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Guinea | - | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Serbia | - | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Armenia | - | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Hungary | 76% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Nauru | 50% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Akrotiri and Dhekelia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,795 | 134 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Jordan | 77% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
Bryan (125,396) may also be a surname.
Bryan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. a Celtic name of doubtful etymology, Brian or Bryan has from early times been a favourite in Ireland on account of the legendary hero Brian Boromhe; but it was, during the Middle Ages, equally popular in England, where it was introduced from Brittany at the time of the Norman Conquest. Brian is the name of 2 sub-tenants in Domesday Book, and for several centuries it was a favourite, as the many common surnames derived from it testify (e.g. Brian, Briant, Bryan, Bryant, Briand, Bryanson). It survived in Yorks, Westmorland, Cheshire, Lancs until the 18th C, but gradually fell into disuse and came to be regarded as an exclusively Irish name It is still used in Brittany and has come back into use in England during the present century.
Brienus Domesday Book 1086, Curia Regis Rolls 1199. Brianus Curia Regis Rolls 1199-1219 Brian Hundred Rolls 1273.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A variant of Brian.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Teutonic name, meaning: Masterful.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Bryan Forename Popularity
Bryan Demographics
Bryan Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 62,118 (2014)
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Bryan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bryan in the Russian language | ||
| Брян | bran | - |
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