Brienne
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Brienne is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Brienne mean?
Irish: French-style feminine of Brian
Brienne of Tarth is the sword-wielding knight of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones.
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Is Brienne a girl's or a boy's name?
Brienne is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brienne in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Brienne, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2015, with 5 girls.
2025 had more girls named Brienne than any year since 2019.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Brienne in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
How popular is Brienne in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Brienne, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 1979, with 122 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had fewer girls named Brienne than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Brienne in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brienne in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,259 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 35 | #4,146 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 31 | #4,487 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,197 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 26 | #3,982 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 42 | #2,732 |
| 1989 | 34 | #3,098 |
| 1988 | 33 | #3,034 |
| 1987 | 37 | #2,655 |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,951 |
| 1985 | 57 | #1,927 |
| 1984 | 49 | #2,049 |
| 1983 | 77 | #1,485 |
| 1982 | 62 | #1,769 |
| 1981 | 83 | #1,455 |
| 1980 | 103 | #1,260 |
| 1979 | 122 | #1,113 |
| 1978 | 29 | #2,801 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
Nicknames for Brienne
- Bri 10 girls in the US in 2025
Names like Brienne
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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