Girl · Irish (modern feminine)
Breanna
Say it: bree-AN-uh
Meaning
A modern spelling of Brianna, a feminine of Brian, an Irish name of uncertain origin.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Popular in the US in the 1990s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1990s
In the United States
- 81,844 babies given this name since 1965
- At its height in 1996, about 1 in 373 girls
- 193 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Brianna, Briana, Breana
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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