Bria
See also: bria
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian Bria, a surname of uncertain meaning.
Proper noun
Bria (plural Brias)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bria is the 36337th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 616 individuals. Bria is most common among White (90.91%) individuals.
Etymology 2
A 20th-century short form of Briana.
Proper noun
Bria
- A female given name.
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- She'd always refused to be called anything but Brianna. Yet when Mike had first called her Bria, they were making love for the first time, and the gentle way he spoke the name had sounded like poetry.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bria”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 225.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
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Proper noun
Bria m or f by sense
- a surname