Breaunna
Feminine · “A spelling of Brianna”
Breaunna is one of the many spellings of Brianna, and the name has an unexpectedly fierce ancestor: in Spenser's Faerie Queene, a lady called Briana charges passing knights their beards as a toll. Three syllables, the stress in the middle, and a spelling all its own.
How old is the name Breaunna?
Breaunna first appears in US birth records in 1985 — 40 years ago. The typical Breaunna alive today was born around 1998, making them about 27 years old. About 600 people named Breaunna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Breaunna most popular?
Breaunna peaked in 1996, reaching #2760 nationally. See the whole 1996 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Brian to Breaunna
The story of Breaunna
Edmund Spenser used Briana in The Faerie Queene in the sixteenth century for the lady of a castle who, to line a cloak for the knight she loved, took the hair of every passing lady and the beard of every passing knight, until Sir Calidore put an end to it. The modern Brianna, a feminine of Brian, spread in the United States in the later twentieth century, and Breaunna is one of its rarer spellings. Its first letters also spell brea, Spanish for tar, which is why the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles are, translated, the Tar Tar Pits — a coincidence of spelling, not a source.
Meaningscholars disagree
A spelling of Brianna, a feminine of Brian
Brianna is the feminine of Brian, an Irish name whose meaning is unsettled; 'high' and 'noble' are the usual suggestions, and neither is proven.
How the name formed
- Brian
- Briana
- Brianna
- Breaunna
Related forms: Brianna · Breanna · Brian
Pronouncing Breaunna
bree-AH-nuh
Three syllables with the stress on the second, like Brianna.
Nicknames for Breaunna
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1985
- Most girls named
- 199644 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2760reached in 1996
- Change vs 2013
- +33.3%8 in 2014, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Breaunna in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Brianna in English — spelling variant
- Breanna in English — spelling variant
- Brian in Irish — related form
Breaunnas among us
people named Breaunna are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Breaunna sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds like Brianna, a name most people know.
- Comes with Bree as a ready short form.
- Distinct on paper from the more common spellings.
- Brianna and Breanna are the spellings people expect, so this one will need spelling every time.
- The au invites people to try a different vowel; a first-day correction settles it.
- It is closely tied to its era.
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Frequently asked
- How many Breaunnas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Breaunna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Breaunna in 2025?
- Breaunna is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Breaunna with classmates?
- Breaunna will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with B, all years combined.
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