Briant
Boy · BRY-unt · Celtic
Briant is a boys' name of Celtic origin, meaning “high, noble”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Briant mean?
Celtic: medieval Breton and French form of Brian
“high, noble”
The Breton form Brian or Briant came to England with followers of William the Conqueror.
- Say it
- BRY-unt
Is Briant a girl's or a boy's name?
Briant is a boys' name.
How popular is Briant in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1947.
Half of all the boys named Briant in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Briant in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,452 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,275 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,628 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,828 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 28 | #2,427 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 27 | #2,250 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 19 | #2,057 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,890 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1961 | 17 | #1,996 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
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