Briona
Briona is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) northeast of Turin and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of Novara. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,196 and an area of 24.7 square kilometres (9.5 mi2).
Meaning & Origin of Briona
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Briona is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) northeast of Turin and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of Novara. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,196 and an area of 24.7 square kilometres (9.5 mi2).
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The Story of Briona
The earliest SSA record of Briona as a baby girl name dates back to 1979, when 5 babies received it. 1993 was its biggest year on record, with 122 newborns named Briona — #1,352 in the national rankings. About 54% of every Briona on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Briona last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Briona
Briona is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Briona's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #1,352. Use the chart and map above to compare Briona's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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