Bryan

See also: bryan

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: brīʹən, IPA^(key): /ˈbɹaɪən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: Bry‧an
• Rhymes: -aɪən

Proper noun

Bryan (countable and uncountable, plural Bryans)

1. A male given name from Irish, a less common alternative spelling of Brian.
2. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] derived from Brian.
   • 2009 April 9, Bethany Lyttle, “Bonding With Their Downward-Facing Humans”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 November 2020:

     Doga instructors are not required to complete certification, though teacher training seminars do exist, like ones taught by Brenda Bryan, 43, a yoga and doga instructor in Seattle who has just written a book on the subject. […] Ms. Bryan said some of her earliest classes were a challenge.

3. A city, the county seat of Williams County, Ohio.
4. A city, the county seat of Brazos County, Texas.
   • 2026 January 21, Clare Duffy, Hadas Gold, “Elizabeth Holmes asks Trump to let her out of prison early”, in CNN Business‎^[2], archived from the original on 23 January 2026:

     Holmes, 41, is currently serving out her sentence at Federal Prison Camp Bryan, a minimum security federal prison camp approximately 100 miles from Houston.

Alternative forms

• (surname derived from French): Brienne, de Brienne, de Bryan

Derived terms

• Bryan County
• Bryanism
• Bryanite
• Bryanize

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: براين m
• Azerbaijani: Brayan
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布賴恩 / 布赖恩 (Bùlàiēn), 布萊恩 / 布莱恩 (zh) (Bùlái'ēn) (sometimes),

• Greek: Μπράιαν (el) (Bráian)
• Japanese: ブライアン
• Korean: 브라이언 (beuraieon)
• Persian: برایان
• Russian: Бра́йан (ru) m (Brájan)

See also

• Bryant
• Hazelbury Bryan

Anagrams

• barny, ran by