Given name & surname
Brienne
“from the high hill; one who ascends”
Brienne is a variant of Brianna. In Irish use, Brianna carries the interpretation “from the high hill; one who ascends.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Brienne 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 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brienne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,509
- 5 boys · 1,504 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 122 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,135 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −58%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,135 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 58.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 122 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,339 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Brienne’s family of names
Brienne has a related form in Brianna.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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