Given name
Briony
“of the healing vine”
In English use, Briony has an alternative spelling in Bryony. One English interpretation is “of the healing vine.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Briony has an alternative spelling in Bryony. One English interpretation is “of the healing vine.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Briony has an alternative spelling in Bryony. An origin associated with Bryony is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English use, Briony is used as a spelling variant of Bryony.
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
Briony through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 231
- 0 boys · 231 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,342 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,342 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 306 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.
Briony’s family of names
Briony has an alternative spelling in Bryony. Briony has a related form in Bryony.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Briony
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.