Brianna

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Was struggling with girls names but DH suggested Brianna. Pronounced Breeanna.
I like that it's unusual but not unheard of and the shortening of Bree is pretty too.

What do you think, yay or nay?

I think it's pretty, as long as DH's name isn't Brian.

It's not.

I just think of the infinitely annoying Brianna Randall from Outlander.

It's v American which is not my cup of tea. Much prefer Bryony.

It's v American.

I am not keen on male names with an 'a' on the end. Brian, Alan, Nigel etc

Not a name I would have chosen but now know a beautiful and very lovely Brianna and so it has a lovely 'glow' about it as a name!

To everyone saying it's an American name, it has Celtic roots.
(Though as half of Americans seem to identify as Irish or Scottish it's maybe no surprise that names from those countries are popular over there)

I think it’s very pretty and quite original while not being made up - three ticks from me for the girl’s name shortlist!

It's the female equivalent of the Irish name Brian. Definitely not American.

It's not an American name it's Celtic and existed long before the outlander series and books.
It's a beautiful name but here in Ireland there's a couple of ways of pronouncing it, "Brie na" been the one it'd heard most and prefer if I'm honest.

I really like it. Unless you are from Tarth and likely to have a very tall, strapping girl.

It's an Americanisation of an Irish name. The only one I know is American. She is lovely though so it has good associations for me.

Seems abut lazy, sorry.
Like you couldn't think of a nice girl's name and just went with a daily ugly mans name and bunged an 'a' on it.

(General dislike of feminised men's names though, not as if there is a shortage of girl names)

Bree is nice, but not the cheese spelling!

Sweet Jesus autocorrect!!

Seems a bit lazy, sorry.
Like you couldn't think of a nice girl's name and just went with a fairly ugly mans name and bunged an 'a' on it.

(General dislike of feminised men's names though, not as if there is a shortage of girl names)

Bree is nice, but not the cheese spelling!

V American

There's a famous porn star called Briana Banks. Just saying.

I know a Brianna
She mostly always is called Brianna

I don’t dislike it but it will mean a lifetime of explaining how to pronounce it of spell it.
I have an American friend who spells her name like that but pronounces it Bry-Anna

I agree it sounds Americanised (despite the origin).
I have a Bryony and was worried about her being called Bry, or Brian, but it’s not happened.

It looks and sounds like a female version of Brian which is not a nice name imo.

I do like Brielle though (pronounced Bree-ell)

Why will people have to spell it say it? It's quite straight forward isn't it.

Lovely

Breesha is another form

I don’t like it. For me, it conjures up the image of a vapid American cheerleader. Probably unfair!

There's a woman on Teenmom2 called it so it makes me think of her

I like it a lot. I would always assume it's Celtic in origin, never American. I'm quite surprised people see it as Americna. I don't see it as a feminisation of Brian either - even if it is. It's pronounced differently. Besides, loads, perhaps the majority, of girl names are the female equivalent of a male name. It doesn't make it a lesser name, it's just the female name.

Not keen at all.

I like it.