Brian

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Male Male Name

Usage

Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Celtic name of uncertain meaning.

Theories include

1) Old Celtic *brig = 'high, noble' [1]

2) Old Celtic bre = 'hill' [1]

Related Names

     
Brian ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Norwegian Swedish
Brianna ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Brianne ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Brion ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Brjánn ♂ Icelandic
Bryan ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish

Name Days

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

5 September

Norway Norway

5 September

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Brian
Accusative: Brian
Dative: Briani
Genitive: Brians

Further Information

Namesakes

Brian Laudrup, Danish former professional football player, * February 22nd, 1969

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Denmark Denmark[2] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 n.a. 18697 n.a
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png 1 2 783 1209
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 0 405 671
Finland Finland[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 0 n.a 352
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[3][2][4][5]:Name statistics for Brian(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[4]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Brian(m)


Sources: [3] [2] [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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