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Updated April 16, 2022

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Strong

How Popular Is The Name Brien

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : reduced form of O’Brien.
  • French and English : variant spelling of Brian.
  • A bearer of this name from Brittany with the secondary surname Desroches is recorded in Montreal in 1681.

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