Given name & surname
Brie
“from the high hill; one who ascends”
Brie is a variant of Brianna. In Irish use, Brianna carries the interpretation “from the high hill; one who ascends.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Brie is a variant of Brianna. In Irish use, Brianna carries the interpretation “from the high hill; one who ascends.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,160
- 0 boys · 3,160 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 110 babies
- 2025
- 33
- #4,279 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 33 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,279 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 36.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 110 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,658 as a first name in 2020; 107 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Brie’s family of names
Brie has a related form in Brianna. In Greek usage, Brie as a surname is a transliteration of Μπριέ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Brielleequivalent
- Brianaequivalent
- Briaequivalent
- Breeequivalent
- Brianneequivalent
- Briequivalent
- Brienneequivalent
- Bríetequivalent
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People named Brie
- Brie BellaAmerican professional wrestler (born 1983)
- Brie O'ReillyCanadian volleyball playerborn 1998
- Brie Rogers Lowerypolitical activist
- Brie RippnerAmerican tennis playerborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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