Given name · also Old Norse
Brjánn
Brjánn is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Irish. It is used in Icelandic.
Original IrishBrian
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Brjánn comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Icelandic usage, Brjánn developed from Brian.
Brjánn’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Brjánn developed from the Irish form Brian. In Icelandic usage, Brjánn has a conventional equivalent in the English form Brian.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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